[plug] RPM requires/provides question

[Cameron Patrick]

On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 09:21:52PM +0800, Derek Fountain wrote:
| 
| > rpm -q --whatprovides /bin/csh
| tcsh-6.12.00-40
| 
| Now I'm confused. The "--provides" operation on tcsh doesn't say it provides 
| "/bin/csh", but the "--whatprovides" operation on the file says it does.
| 
| Why the inconsistency? I'm no expert on RPM. What have I misunderstood?

As another RPM non-expert, I'll hazard a guess: perhaps every file in an
RPM package automatically counts as a "provides" ?  (Just going on the
observation that 'twas "/bin/csh" not just "csh" or "tcsh".)

CP.