[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] Add a man page for RPM dependency generators (PR #3957)

[Panu Matilainen]

@pmatilai commented on this pull request.



> +*%\_\_provides_exclude* _REGEX_++
+*%\_\_provides_exclude_from* _REGEX_
+
+# DESCRIPTION
+
+RPM uses a pluggable interface coupled with a file classifier to add dependency
+information to packages at build time. This system relies on specialized, domain
+specific executables, called _generators_, that do the heavy-lifting of figuring
+out the dependencies from the files present in the buildroot. It complements the
+manual tags, such as *Requires* or *Provides*, in *rpm-spec*(5) files.
+
+Generators are paired with logical labels, called _file attributes_, assigned to
+the packaged files by the file classifier. This ensures that every file is only
+processed by the applicable generator(s), as opposed to all generators, which
+simplifies their implementation and significantly improves the overall build
+performance.

That's also a fair point, but maybe there's a way to state it in a more direct way. Basically:
"Every file is only processed by the applicable generator(s)."

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