Re: rpm -q --whatrequires foo lies

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Paul Howarth wrote:
Jay Cliburn wrote:

Naming a package "foo(bar)" seems pretty odd to me. This is the first time I've run across it.

The package isn't *named* that, it *provides* that. A package can *provide* much more than just its name, and rpm uses those provides for dependencies just like it does with package names.


Aha!  Thanks for the explanation Paul.


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