Is it possible to dynamize "requires" at RPM build time?

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> said:
> *Really* bad idea doing rpm queries from inside an rpmbuild operation.

Not that I'm advocating it, but why?  rpmbuild is pretty much
independent of the RPM database except for querying build dependencies.
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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.