diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 54b63518f1..f14f083965 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /.artifacts/
 /_output/
 /brew
-/conmon/conmon.o
+/conmon/
 /docs/*.[158]
 /docs/*.[158].gz
 /docs/remote
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ podman-remote*.zip
 podman*.tar.gz
 .idea*
 .vscode*
+contrib/spec/podman.spec
+*.rpm
diff --git a/contrib/build_rpm.sh b/contrib/build_rpm.sh
index 1132ef3801..c79e49772e 100644
--- a/contrib/build_rpm.sh
+++ b/contrib/build_rpm.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-set -x
+set -euxo pipefail
 
 pkg_manager=`command -v dnf`
 if [ -z "$pkg_manager" ]; then