Bill Nottingham (notting(a)redhat.com) 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")