On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 23:46, William Hooper wrote: > Matt Hansen said: > > > So, how can one if at all be used differently to the other? The man page > > states that the "-f" option is used to 'Query package owning FILE' while > > the "--whatprovides" is used to 'Query all packages that provide the > > CAPABILITY capability'. So these words might suggest they can do > > different things, but my example above doesn't think so.. What exactly > > is a "capability" defined as? > > "Capability" doesn't have to be a file. For example, both Sendmail and > Postfix provide the "smtpdaemon" capability. This allows RPM creators to > still rely on an "smtpdaemon" without caring if it is Sendmail or Postfix=
