----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gordon Messmer" <gordon.messmer@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "Community support for Fedora users" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 7:38:13 PM > Subject: Re: dnf whatprovides and library files > > On 06/10/2015 12:24 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > > But, just to be clear, the issue I'm addressing is what an average > > user may do in a given circumstance. Upon seeing an error message > > such as this one, > > > > error while loading shared libraries: /lib64/libexempi.so.3: file too > > short > > > > assuming they know of dnf whatprovides I think it is more likely they > > will simply use copy/paste and issue the command "dnf whatprovides > > /lib64/libexempi.so.3" > > Interesting. I've never actually seen an error with an installed shared > object, so I never considered that you'd query one with "whatprovides." > > In that case, I agree with you. rpm and dnf behave differently with > such a query (which I also did not know): > > $ rpm -q --whatprovides /lib64/libXv.so.1.* > libXv-1.0.10-2.fc22.x86_64 > $ dnf whatprovides /lib64/libXv.so.1.* > Error: No Matches found > > dnf really should behave the same way as rpm. If possible, it should > call the rpm library functions for the query, rather than > re-implementing them. > > > Yes, rpm can tell you this *if* the file and providing package exists > > on your system. But, it is usual that you get a message about > > something missing and that is where you need dnf. > > Yes, but in the case where something is missing, you won't get a path. > You'll get a shared object name, and querying that with "dnf > whatprovides" will work correctly, as it is. Anyone, feel free to file an RFE if you really need something mentioned in this thread. -- Radek Holý Associate Software Engineer Software Management Team Red Hat Czech -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
