provides in ~/.rpmrc ? 3.0.6 vs. 4.4.6

[Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc doink com>]

Hiya,

Back with rpm v. 3.0.6 I could specify things like "provides:
/bin/bash" in my ~/.rpmrc and this was really helpful when using
rpm on Solaris. rpm on Solaris doesn't have any of the standard
OS info in its database, and I would keep track of things that
Solaris provided in ~/.rpmrc on an as needed basis.  Of course I
could be using --nodeps but that seems a bit extreme for cases
where some BuildRequires or other Requires really was referring
to something I had packaged.

Now that I've upgraded to rpm 4.4.6 "provides: <something>" in
~/.rpmrc is no longer valid.  I've gone through the CHANGES file
and the manual pages, but I can't find anything that indicates
where this functionality moved to, or even if it still exists.

Any pointers folks?

Thanks....



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Kevin