Checking Dependencies

[James Wilkinson]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> There are multiple ways
> a package can be a dependency, and this query only reveals one of those
> ways.
> 
> Suppose you have a package A, which "provides" libA.so.1 and also
> contains the file /bin/A
> 
> rpm -q --whatrequires A
> will only show you the packages that have an explicit dependency on A
> It won't show you the packages that have a dependency on libA.so.1 or
> the file /bin/A

And if C has a dependency on B, which has a dependency on A, but C
itself does not *directly* depend on A, then rpm -q --whatrequires won't
show that, either.

James.

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