rpm -q --whatrequires foo lies

[Jay Cliburn]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> Jay Cliburn wrote:
>>
>> Naming a package "foo(bar)" seems pretty odd to me.  This is the first 
>> time I've run across it.
> 
> The package isn't *named* that, it *provides* that. A package can 
> *provide* much more than just its name, and rpm uses those provides for 
> dependencies just like it does with package names.
>

Aha!  Thanks for the explanation Paul.