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

[Michal Domonkos]

@dmnks 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.

Ack, I'll probably simplify the DESCRIPTION to the following:

"RPM  uses a pluggable interface coupled with a file classifier to add dependency information to packages at build time. This system relies on specialized executables, called generators, that do the heavy-lifting of figuring  out  dependencies  from files that belong to their domain, called a file attribute. It complements the manual tags, such as Requires or Provides, in rpm-spec(5) files."

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