I think that would be very helpful!
Cheers,
Dan
On August 6, 2021 6:55:00 PM UTC, "Miro Hrončok" <mhroncok@redhat.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>today at Nest, somebody said "unfortunately, there is no way to tell what
>package to install to get a particular RPM macro".
>
>I think that having an RPM provides generator for "rpm-macro(__python3)" or
>similar should be a fairly simple exercise.
>
>Would you folks consider that useful?
Would be useful, I have often found myself greping the macros to work out which file and package a macro is in.
The follow up is to auto-generate the BuildRequires. Probably no mechanism exists.