Fwd: support for manual file dependencies ?

[Jeffrey Johnson]

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>> On Jun 21, 2017, at 4:03 AM, Panu Matilainen <pmatilai at redhat.com <mailto:pmatilai at redhat.com>> wrote:
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>> Um, what isn't packaged cannot be depended on. That is a pretty fundamental feature of package management.
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> Um, what is present on the file system (or sonames present in a library) can be tested for dynamically
> without the tyranny of having to package and install an RPM in an rpmdb.
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> A dynamic test that can be reproduced with external tools is at least as dependendable
> as a file that is registered in an rpmdb but has been removed on the file system.
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> 73 de Jeff
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