Yum dependencies troubles

[William Hooper]

seth vidal said:
> On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 12:10, Lars wrote:
>
>> anyone can tell what the package rpmdb-fedora actually does? i know it
>> has a copy of all rpms, but my system behaves the same with or wihout
>> it. so im asking myself for a long time whats the need of it?
>>
>
> It's not used for yum at all anymore.
>
>
> IT used to make it quicker to get a hold of some of the older headers.

Isn't it still needed for using "--redhatprovides" and "--redhatrequires"
with the rpm command?  Not sure if it helps with "--aid" also or not.

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William Hooper