On Wednesday, 20 July 2005, at 16:40:32 (-0700), Frank Cusack wrote: > Isn't this inconsistent: > > [frank@sturgeon rpm]$ rpm -q --provides bash > config(bash) = 3.0-18 > bash = 3.0-18 > [frank@sturgeon rpm]$ rpm -q --whatprovides /bin/sh > bash-3.0-18 > [frank@sturgeon rpm]$ > > If bash provides /bin/sh (as shown by --whatprovides), then the first > command should have shown that. Nope. /bin/sh is a file, not an entry on a Provides: line or the equivalent. Do you *really* expect --provides to list all the files too? That's what "rpm -ql" is for. Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <mej@xxxxxxxxx> n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/ Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "All of these things held up in vain. No reason or rhyme, just the scars that remain. Of all of these things I'm so much afraid, scared out of my mind by the demons I've made." -- Jars of Clay, "Much Afraid"
