Bill Nottingham (notting@xxxxxxxxxx) said:
> > Good to see everyone still doesn't read what I write.
> >
> > As I said, rpm _does something_ to make the above work for -qf (the
> > above even works if you inside /cow ... as long as the /bin symlink
> > exists!).
> > However, it _does not_ work, if you put the above in package
> > provides/requires and try to install them. Eg.
>
> It does, in some cases. Which makes it even more fun.
<example snipped>
Confirmed with a quick check - following of symlinks works for extrapolating
provides from the installed system. It does not work for extrapolating
provides from to-be-installed-in-the-same-transaction packages.
Hooray corner cases!
Bill ("obviously we should split everything into individual transactions")
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