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

Michal Domonkos notifications at github.com
Fri Sep 26 07:24:05 UTC 2025


@dmnks commented on this pull request.



> +*%\_\_*_NAME_*_provides* _BODY_++
+*%\_\_*_NAME_*_recommends* _BODY_++
+*%\_\_*_NAME_*_requires* _BODY_++
+*%\_\_*_NAME_*_suggests* _BODY_++
+*%\_\_*_NAME_*_supplements* _BODY_
+
+_BODY_ is a command line (the program name and any arguments) that should be
+executed for every file that has the attribute _NAME_, and is macro-expanded on
+use.
+
+## Protocols
+
+The following generator protocols are currently supported:
+
+*simple*
+	Receives one filename at a time, outputs dependencies, one per line.

Yep, I basically just "coined" this name here. "singlefile" could also work, of course. I was thinking that when there's other protocols in the future, which are also single-file for some reason (although one might argue that's unlikely), calling the original one "singlefile" could be confusing...

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