Ticket #80 (new enhancement)

Opened 3 years ago

filter redundant provides, requires and conflicts

Reported by: Anssi Assigned to: pmatilai
Priority: major Milestone:
Component: rpm Version: RPM Development
Keywords: Cc:

Description

rpmbuild could filter redundant provides, requires and conflicts automatically.

E.g. package has Requires: foo Provides: foo Provides: foo Conflicts: x < 5 Conflicts: x < 6

This can be reduced to Provides: foo Conflicts: x < 6 without side-effects.

Especially the reduntant requires part would be useful in reducing the amount of dependencies when using autodependencies.