I was unfortunately not able to get to the packages that are mine the other day, but I was able to start some work on them today. Here is my question at risk of sounding like I have no clue what I'm doing: "What process should I follow to verify that I have fixed the issue?". I read the wiki link that was posted (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Debuginfo) and did verify that one of the packages in question (shed) had a -s in the install section of the makefile, so I created a patch for the Makefile.in and wanted to find a way to test the resulting package before submitting it as a patch or a fix.
Thank you, -Adam