Re: modifying the rpm db?

[Emmanuel Seyman <seyman moe acticiel com>]

On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 02:09:27PM +0300, Peter Peltonen a ecrit:
> 
> I want to install a software that is not packaged in RPM. I want the rpm
> program to see that it is installed (so other progs I install from RPM won't
> complain about dependencies) -- I must modify the rpm db, yes? How do I do
> that?

I remember reading that you could get away with creating a ~/.rpmrc file
(as root) and putting "Provides: foo" in it.

This will make rpm understand that package foo is installed.
I don't remember where I read this and I've only seen it once
so I'ld research further if I were you.

Try the "Maximum RPM" book.

Emmanuel