Re: rpmdb-redhat, rpmdb-Centos, etc..

[seth vidal <skvidal fedoraproject org>]

On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 11:30 -0700, Aaron Hanson wrote:
> Hi All -
> 
> 	I've noticed that recent Redhat distros (RHEL5) and derivatives
> (Centos5) seem to have stopped supplying resolution databases for the
> '--aid' and '--redhatprovides' options. Does anybody have any insight
> here? Where support for these options might be headed?
> 

away.

rpm --aid's depsolving has a lot of issues on modern distributions and
packaging conventions. For the red hat-related distros (rhel, centos,
fedora) it will not be a recommended solution. I hope in the
not-so-distant future it will be removed altogether. If you want to do
depsolving use one of the rpm depsolvers: (yum, smart, apt, etc)

-sv