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

Panu Matilainen notifications at github.com
Mon Sep 29 08:14:12 UTC 2025


@pmatilai 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.

"default" doesn't describe a protocol, the default could change. I'd just go with "singlefile" because it's the obvious "opposite" of "multifile". I see exactly one more protocol to support in this area, and that's multiple files and multiple dependency types at once.

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