[WBEL-devel] About rpmdb-whitebox rpm

[Milan Kerslager]

On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 05:56:49PM +0800, aiic wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
>    I don't think that this rpm is needed by anything. And buildinstall
>    script doesn't use this rpm. Why do we include this rpm in the
>    distro? What's the use of it?

When this package is installed (and is builded corectly), it allows
hinting when you install and there is missing dependency.

So rpm is then able to tell to you:

"You need library XY.so and suggested resolution is PACKAGE-1.1.i386.rpm"

Basiccaly rpmdb package holds RPM database of whole distribution.

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