[Bug 507292] [RFE] Allow wildcards/regexps in rpm deps

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--- Comment #3 from Jeff Johnson <n3npq at mac.com>  2009-06-22 16:14:15 EDT ---
There's no particular reason why all the multiple
explicit font attributes need to be re-mapped into
Provides:. For starters, generating multiple Provides:,
even if *lots* of those provides are generated and
never used, really hurts nothing but  Bloat!

Requires: is where the real pain with dependencies starts.
But if you order the most important criteria according
to what is likely top be used by packagers, then a trailing '*'
wild card achieves whatever you want. And with only
a single Provides: with the same carefully ordered string.

Or wait for RPM to change to implement RE's within
EVR comparison. Bring your ice skates, Hell is slippery
turf when frozen over.

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