https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370923 --- Comment #5 from Petr Pisar <ppisar@xxxxxxxxxx> --- It is and isn't. There is: Failing to match the input argument to an existing package name based on the patterns above, DNF tries to see if the argument matches an existing provide. And the syntax with parentheses falls into "provide" category. But because dnf does not consider syntax of "provide", it's not documented in the dnf manual. >From RPM perspective the "provide" does not have any syntax, it's just a string. There are many "provide" symbols in Fedora packages. Just try "dnf repoquery --provides PACKAGE" for a PACKAGE. It's not only about perl. The perl syntax is documented in "perl" package description (rpm -qi perl) and in the Perl packaging guide lines (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Perl#Perl_Requires_and_Provides). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. -- Fedora Extras Perl SIG http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SIGs/Perl perl-devel mailing list perl-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/perl-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx