diff --git a/gettext-csharp.changes b/gettext-csharp.changes
index 688f585..9030552 100644
--- a/gettext-csharp.changes
+++ b/gettext-csharp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 18 17:30:16 UTC 2017 - jayvdb@gmail.com
+
+- Disable debug packages on RHEL and derived distributions
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jun 19 15:42:15 UTC 2016 - astieger@suse.com
 
diff --git a/gettext-csharp.spec b/gettext-csharp.spec
index 01d2e4d..36b14b1 100644
--- a/gettext-csharp.spec
+++ b/gettext-csharp.spec
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ Patch4:         gettext-po-mode.diff
 Patch5:         gettext-initialize_vars.patch
 Patch9:         gettext-needlessly_init_vars.patch
 
+%if 0%{?fedora_version} || 0%{?centos_version} <= 600 || 0%{?scilin_version} <= 600 || 0%{?rhel_version} <= 600
+%global debug_package %{nil}
+%endif
+
 %description
 Mono with its 'resgen' program uses a design that Microsoft created and
 that gives the power to the software vendor and not to the user: it
diff --git a/gettext-java.changes b/gettext-java.changes
index 9abe32d..6054d34 100644
--- a/gettext-java.changes
+++ b/gettext-java.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 18 17:30:16 UTC 2017 - jayvdb@gmail.com
+
+- Replace deprecated PreReq: with Requires(post): and Requires(preun):
+- Disable debug packages on RHEL and derived distributions
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct  3 10:12:03 UTC 2017 - fstrba@suse.com
 
diff --git a/gettext-java.spec b/gettext-java.spec
index b5593a8..beda965 100644
--- a/gettext-java.spec
+++ b/gettext-java.spec
@@ -45,8 +45,12 @@ BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel
 BuildRequires:  perl-libintl-perl
 BuildRequires:  tcl
 BuildRequires:  xz
-# FIXME: use proper Requires(pre/post/preun/...)
-PreReq:         %{install_info_prereq}
+Requires(post): %install_info_prereq
+Requires(preun): %install_info_prereq
+
+%if 0%{?fedora_version} || 0%{?centos_version} <= 600 || 0%{?scilin_version} <= 600 || 0%{?rhel_version} <= 600
+%global debug_package %{nil}
+%endif
 
 %description
 This package includes the tools needed to support message catalogs in
diff --git a/gettext-runtime-mini.changes b/gettext-runtime-mini.changes
index 59fc42f..1c1667a 100644
--- a/gettext-runtime-mini.changes
+++ b/gettext-runtime-mini.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 18 17:30:16 UTC 2017 - jayvdb@gmail.com
+
+- Ignore Recommends: on non-SUSE distributions
+- Explicitly remove %{_infodir}/dir before creating package to
+  allow builds on RHEL and derived Linux distributions
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 17 11:52:13 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gettext-runtime-mini.spec b/gettext-runtime-mini.spec
index 5106290..bf329c3 100644
--- a/gettext-runtime-mini.spec
+++ b/gettext-runtime-mini.spec
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ Conflicts:      gettext-runtime-mini
 Provides:       gettext-tools = %{version}
 %endif
 # Several tools use bison-runtime text domain:
+%if 0%{?suse_version}
 Recommends:     bison-lang
+%endif
 
 %description -n gettext-tools%{?with_mini:-mini}
 This package contains the `intl' library as well as tools that ease the
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ sh %{SOURCE3}
 # moved to gettext-java and gettext-csharp:
 rm -rf *csharp* *java* ../javadoc* ../csharpdoc*
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_defaultdocdir}/%name/README.woe32
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_infodir}/dir
 cd %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man3
 echo ".so man3/dngettext.3" > dcngettext.3
 echo ".so man3/dgettext.3" > dcgettext.3
diff --git a/gettext-runtime.changes b/gettext-runtime.changes
index 59fc42f..1c1667a 100644
--- a/gettext-runtime.changes
+++ b/gettext-runtime.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 18 17:30:16 UTC 2017 - jayvdb@gmail.com
+
+- Ignore Recommends: on non-SUSE distributions
+- Explicitly remove %{_infodir}/dir before creating package to
+  allow builds on RHEL and derived Linux distributions
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 17 11:52:13 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gettext-runtime.spec b/gettext-runtime.spec
index 1338c47..71d5153 100644
--- a/gettext-runtime.spec
+++ b/gettext-runtime.spec
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ Conflicts:      gettext-runtime-mini
 Provides:       gettext-tools = %{version}
 %endif
 # Several tools use bison-runtime text domain:
+%if 0%{?suse_version}
 Recommends:     bison-lang
+%endif
 
 %description -n gettext-tools%{?with_mini:-mini}
 This package contains the `intl' library as well as tools that ease the
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ sh %{SOURCE3}
 # moved to gettext-java and gettext-csharp:
 rm -rf *csharp* *java* ../javadoc* ../csharpdoc*
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_defaultdocdir}/%name/README.woe32
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_infodir}/dir
 cd %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man3
 echo ".so man3/dngettext.3" > dcngettext.3
 echo ".so man3/dgettext.3" > dcgettext.3