[TriLUG] RPM spec file... Requires: init(foo) ??

[Benjamin Reed]

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Tanner Lovelace wrote:

> That syntax isn't the same as what Aaron posted so I'm
> not sure it is the same.  I took a look at all the spec files

D'oh!  You're right.

However, looking at it, I'm assuming it's kind of like RPMs that provide
perl(XML::API) or whatever.  It's just a convention used for defining
certain types of provides/requires.

I expect that wherever that spec file was made, they had custom stuff in
their find-depends scripts included in RPM to auto-generate init-script
dependencies, or something else goofy like that.

In a requires: line, that syntax doesn't mean anything, it's just
another string.  You could "Provides: shoe(size10)" probably and still
have it work, and if a package Requires: shoe(size10) it will work.  :)


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