apparent circular dependency

[Martin Craig <m s craig rl ac uk>]

Hi,

I get an apparent circular dependency when I use %config(noreplace) to
mark configuration files. There is a matching dependency in the
'provides' and 'requires' lists for the RPM, of the form:

config(mymodule) = mymodule_version

Looking around this seems to be common in many rpms so I'm assuming it's
not a problem. Could somebody confirm this for me, also what is the
reason for this use of provides/requires?

Cheers,

Martin.