Re: dependecy checking without install

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On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 09:02:08PM +0100, Ralf Lehmann wrote:

> I find out that a
> "rpm -qpR ftp://package.xyz.rpm"; (or rpm -qp --queryformat)
> tell us the requirements of a package without downloading it.

Yes, the requirements, but not problems with conflicting files,
version comparison, the fact that other packages might conflict
with this one, etc.  It is not good enough for *completely*
checking whether a package can be installed or not.

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