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

Panu Matilainen notifications at github.com
Thu Sep 25 09:12:16 UTC 2025


@pmatilai commented on this pull request.



> +## Matching rules
+*%\_\_*_NAME_*\_path* _REGEX_++
+*%\_\_*_NAME_*\_magic* _REGEX_++
+*%\_\_*_NAME_*\_exclude_path* _REGEX_++
+*%\_\_*_NAME_*\_exclude_magic* _REGEX_
+
+## Tunables
+*%\_\_*_NAME_*\_conflicts_opts* _BODY_++
+*%\_\_*_NAME_*\_enhances_opts* _BODY_++
+*%\_\_*_NAME_*\_obsoletes_opts* _BODY_++
+*%\_\_*_NAME_*\_orderwithrequires_opts* _BODY_++
+*%\_\_*_NAME_*\_provides_opts* _BODY_++
+*%\_\_*_NAME_*\_recommends_opts* _BODY_++
+*%\_\_*_NAME_*\_requires_opts* _BODY_++
+*%\_\_*_NAME_*\_suggests_opts* _BODY_++
+*%\_\_*_NAME_*\_supplements_opts* _BODY_

Hmm, yep - and that's why it always felt a bit off. But, having separate protocol entries for each dependency types seemed madness :smile: 

I wouldn't call protocol tunable though, it's not something you can just flip if you feel like it, the generator has to support it.

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