rpm question

[JD]

On 06/09/2012 12:38 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 10:40:48 -0700, JD wrote:
>
>> On 06/09/2012 09:06 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
>>> On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 08:57:06 -0700, JD wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is rpm broken?
>>> No.
>>>
>>>> # rpm -qv --whatrequires libmapi libzeitgeist
>>>> no package requires libmapi
>>>> no package requires libzeitgeist
>>>> # rpm -e libmapi libzeitgeist
>>>> error: Failed dependencies:
>>>>        libinetmapi.so.1 is needed by (installed) php-mapi-7.0.7-1.fc16.i686
>>>>        libmapi.so.0 is needed by (installed) php-mapi-7.0.7-1.fc16.i686
>>>>        libmapi.so.0 is needed by (installed) pam_mapi-0.1.1-1.fc16.i686
>>>>        libzeitgeist-1.0.so.1 is needed by (installed)
>>>> zeitgeist-datahub-0.7.0-2.fc16.i686
>>>>        libzeitgeist-1.0.so.1 is needed by (installed)
>>>> gedit-zeitgeist-2:3.2.6-1.fc16.i686
>>> Pay extra attention to what is display in the "Failed dependencies"
>>> section. These packages don't depend on "package names" but on library
>>> names.
>>>
>> Please re-read the dependencies.
>> Not all are just lib names.
> *All* in above quote are versioned library SONAMEs.
> These are automatic RPM dependencies Fedora packagers prefer over
> explicit dependencies on package names.
>
It is nevertheless a dependency, which should be
detectable by --whatrequires, but unfortunately,
it is not.