diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 77136a758..3430572f4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -106,79 +106,12 @@ nodebuginfo:
 	@perl -pi -e 's/^%define with_debuginfo %\{\?_without_debuginfo: 0\} %\{\?\!_without_debuginfo: 1\}/%define with_debuginfo %\{\?_without_debuginfo: 0\} %\{\?\!_without_debuginfo: 0\}/' kernel.spec
 nodebug: release
 	@perl -pi -e 's/^%define debugbuildsenabled 1/%define debugbuildsenabled 0/' kernel.spec
-release:
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON=y/# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_LOCK_STAT=y/# CONFIG_LOCK_STAT is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING=y/# CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_PROVE_RCU=y/# CONFIG_PROVE_RCU is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION=y/# CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_FAILSLAB=y/# CONFIG_FAILSLAB is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_FAIL_PAGE_ALLOC=y/# CONFIG_FAIL_PAGE_ALLOC is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_FAIL_IO_TIMEOUT=y/# CONFIG_FAIL_IO_TIMEOUT is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST=y/# CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS=y/# CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_STACKTRACE_FILTER=y/# CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_STACKTRACE_FILTER is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_SG=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_SG is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_WRITECOUNT=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_WRITECOUNT is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_FREE=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_FREE is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_WORK=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_WORK is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_PERCPU_COUNTER=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_PERCPU_COUNTER is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_X86_PTDUMP=y/# CONFIG_X86_PTDUMP is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_CAN_DEBUG_DEVICES=y/# CONFIG_CAN_DEBUG_DEVICES is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y/# CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK=y/# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_NOTIFIERS=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_NOTIFIERS is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_PM_TEST_SUSPEND=y/# CONFIG_PM_TEST_SUSPEND is not set/' config-generic
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_PM_ADVANCED_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_PM_ADVANCED_DEBUG is not set/' config-generic
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_B43_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_B43_DEBUG is not set/' config-generic
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DEBUG is not set/' config-generic
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_MMIOTRACE=y/# CONFIG_MMIOTRACE is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/# CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS is not set/CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS=y/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_EXT4_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_EXT4_DEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_PERF_USE_VMALLOC=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_PERF_USE_VMALLOC is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_JBD2_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_JBD2_DEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_BLK_CGROUP=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_BLK_CGROUP is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DRBD_FAULT_INJECTION=y/# CONFIG_DRBD_FAULT_INJECTION is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_ATH_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_ATH_DEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_CARL9170_DEBUGFS=y/# CONFIG_CARL9170_DEBUGFS is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING=y/# CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DMADEVICES_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_DMADEVICES_DEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DMADEVICES_VDEBUG=y/# CONFIG_DMADEVICES_VDEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_CEPH_LIB_PRETTYDEBUG=y/# CONFIG_CEPH_LIB_PRETTYDEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_QUOTA_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_QUOTA_DEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_CPU_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT=m/# CONFIG_CPU_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT is not set/' config-nodebug
-	#@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_KGDB_KDB=y/# CONFIG_KGDB_KDB is not set/' config-nodebug
-	#@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_KDB_KEYBOARD=y/# CONFIG_KDB_KEYBOARD is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_TEST_LIST_SORT=y/# CONFIG_TEST_LIST_SORT is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP is not set/' config-nodebug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y/# CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is not set/' config-nodebug
-
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX is not set/' config-nodebug
-
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is not set/' config-debug
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is not set/' config-nodebug
-
-	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_NR_CPUS=512/CONFIG_NR_CPUS=256/' config-x86_64-generic
-
+release: config-release
 	@perl -pi -e 's/^%define debugbuildsenabled 0/%define debugbuildsenabled 1/' kernel.spec
 	@perl -pi -e 's/^%define rawhide_skip_docs 1/%define rawhide_skip_docs 0/' kernel.spec
 
+include Makefile.release
+
 reconfig:
 	@rm -f kernel-*-config
 	@VERSION=$(KVERSION) make -f Makefile.config configs
diff --git a/Makefile.release b/Makefile.release
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88a014dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.release
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# Make rules for configuration files.
+#
+# $Id$
+
+# This file contains only entries that change the config files.
+# Anything that changes kernel.spec itself should go in the main Makefile.
+
+config-release:
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON=y/# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_LOCK_STAT=y/# CONFIG_LOCK_STAT is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING=y/# CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_PROVE_RCU=y/# CONFIG_PROVE_RCU is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION=y/# CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_FAILSLAB=y/# CONFIG_FAILSLAB is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_FAIL_PAGE_ALLOC=y/# CONFIG_FAIL_PAGE_ALLOC is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_FAIL_IO_TIMEOUT=y/# CONFIG_FAIL_IO_TIMEOUT is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST=y/# CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS=y/# CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_STACKTRACE_FILTER=y/# CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_STACKTRACE_FILTER is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_SG=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_SG is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_WRITECOUNT=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_WRITECOUNT is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_FREE=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_FREE is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_WORK=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_WORK is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_PERCPU_COUNTER=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_PERCPU_COUNTER is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_X86_PTDUMP=y/# CONFIG_X86_PTDUMP is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_CAN_DEBUG_DEVICES=y/# CONFIG_CAN_DEBUG_DEVICES is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y/# CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK=y/# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_NOTIFIERS=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_NOTIFIERS is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_PM_TEST_SUSPEND=y/# CONFIG_PM_TEST_SUSPEND is not set/' config-generic
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_PM_ADVANCED_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_PM_ADVANCED_DEBUG is not set/' config-generic
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_B43_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_B43_DEBUG is not set/' config-generic
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DEBUG is not set/' config-generic
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_MMIOTRACE=y/# CONFIG_MMIOTRACE is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/# CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS is not set/CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS=y/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_EXT4_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_EXT4_DEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_PERF_USE_VMALLOC=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_PERF_USE_VMALLOC is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_JBD2_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_JBD2_DEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_BLK_CGROUP=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_BLK_CGROUP is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DRBD_FAULT_INJECTION=y/# CONFIG_DRBD_FAULT_INJECTION is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_ATH_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_ATH_DEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_CARL9170_DEBUGFS=y/# CONFIG_CARL9170_DEBUGFS is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING=y/# CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DMADEVICES_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_DMADEVICES_DEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DMADEVICES_VDEBUG=y/# CONFIG_DMADEVICES_VDEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_CEPH_LIB_PRETTYDEBUG=y/# CONFIG_CEPH_LIB_PRETTYDEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_QUOTA_DEBUG=y/# CONFIG_QUOTA_DEBUG is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_CPU_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT=m/# CONFIG_CPU_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT is not set/' config-nodebug
+	#@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_KGDB_KDB=y/# CONFIG_KGDB_KDB is not set/' config-nodebug
+	#@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_KDB_KEYBOARD=y/# CONFIG_KDB_KEYBOARD is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_TEST_LIST_SORT=y/# CONFIG_TEST_LIST_SORT is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP is not set/' config-nodebug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y/# CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is not set/' config-nodebug
+
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX is not set/' config-nodebug
+
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is not set/' config-debug
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC=y/# CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is not set/' config-nodebug
+
+	@perl -pi -e 's/CONFIG_NR_CPUS=512/CONFIG_NR_CPUS=256/' config-x86_64-generic
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 093f9315a..01ecf55be 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -125,6 +125,31 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 %define with_omap      %{?_without_omap:      0} %{?!_without_omap:      1}
 # kernel-tegra (only valid for arm)
 %define with_tegra       %{?_without_tegra:       0} %{?!_without_tegra:       1}
+#
+# Additional options for user-friendly one-off kernel building:
+#
+# Only build the base kernel (--with baseonly):
+%define with_baseonly  %{?_with_baseonly:     1} %{?!_with_baseonly:     0}
+# Only build the smp kernel (--with smponly):
+%define with_smponly   %{?_with_smponly:      1} %{?!_with_smponly:      0}
+# Only build the pae kernel (--with paeonly):
+%define with_paeonly   %{?_with_paeonly:      1} %{?!_with_paeonly:      0}
+# Only build the debug kernel (--with dbgonly):
+%define with_dbgonly   %{?_with_dbgonly:      1} %{?!_with_dbgonly:      0}
+#
+# should we do C=1 builds with sparse
+%define with_sparse    %{?_with_sparse:       1} %{?!_with_sparse:       0}
+
+# Set debugbuildsenabled to 1 for production (build separate debug kernels)
+#  and 0 for rawhide (all kernels are debug kernels).
+# See also 'make debug' and 'make release'.
+%define debugbuildsenabled 0
+
+# Want to build a vanilla kernel build without any non-upstream patches?
+%define with_vanilla %{?_with_vanilla: 1} %{?!_with_vanilla: 0}
+
+# We need to remember if the user has explicitly requested without_debug
+%define requested_nodebug !%{with_debug}
 
 # Build the kernel-doc package, but don't fail the build if it botches.
 # Here "true" means "continue" and "false" means "fail the build".
@@ -140,28 +165,6 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 %define doc_build_fail true
 %endif
 
-# Additional options for user-friendly one-off kernel building:
-#
-# Only build the base kernel (--with baseonly):
-%define with_baseonly  %{?_with_baseonly:     1} %{?!_with_baseonly:     0}
-# Only build the smp kernel (--with smponly):
-%define with_smponly   %{?_with_smponly:      1} %{?!_with_smponly:      0}
-# Only build the pae kernel (--with paeonly):
-%define with_paeonly   %{?_with_paeonly:      1} %{?!_with_paeonly:      0}
-# Only build the debug kernel (--with dbgonly):
-%define with_dbgonly   %{?_with_dbgonly:      1} %{?!_with_dbgonly:      0}
-
-# should we do C=1 builds with sparse
-%define with_sparse    %{?_with_sparse:       1} %{?!_with_sparse:       0}
-
-# Set debugbuildsenabled to 1 for production (build separate debug kernels)
-#  and 0 for rawhide (all kernels are debug kernels).
-# See also 'make debug' and 'make release'.
-%define debugbuildsenabled 0
-
-# Want to build a vanilla kernel build without any non-upstream patches?
-%define with_vanilla %{?_with_vanilla: 1} %{?!_with_vanilla: 0}
-
 # pkg_release is what we'll fill in for the rpm Release: field
 %if 0%{?released_kernel}
 
@@ -559,6 +562,7 @@ Source11: genkey
 Source14: find-provides
 Source15: merge.pl
 
+Source19: Makefile.release
 Source20: Makefile.config
 Source21: config-debug
 Source22: config-nodebug
@@ -1183,6 +1187,14 @@ ApplyPatch %{stable_patch_01}
 cp $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/config-* .
 cp %{SOURCE15} .
 
+%if !%{debugbuildsenabled}
+%if %{requested_nodebug}
+# The normal build is a really debug build and the user has explicitly requested
+# without_debug. Change the config files into non-debug versions.
+make -f %{SOURCE19} config-release
+%endif
+%endif
+
 # Dynamically generate kernel .config files from config-* files
 make -f %{SOURCE20} VERSION=%{version} configs
 
@@ -2084,6 +2096,9 @@ fi
 #                 ||----w |
 #                 ||     ||
 %changelog
+* Sun Oct 23 2011 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>
+- Make rpmbuild option "without_debug" work properly on rawhide.
+
 * Fri Oct 21 2011 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> 3.1.0-0.rc10.git1.1
 - Require grubby >= 8.3-1 like F16 does.
 - Update to upstream HEAD (v3.1-rc10-42-g2efd7c0).