rpm AutoRequires/AutoProvides and dsos not in linker path, do we care ?

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, Chuck Anderson <cra at WPI.EDU> said:
> > b.2) extend the autorequires/autoprovides in some (handwaves) way to
> > better indicate the desired match
> 
> I like this idea better.  AutoReq/Prov should only search system-wide 
> deafult search paths for .so's, perl modules, and any other such 
> objects that it supports.

That breaks things, because a program in /usr/bin may require a module
or library in a private directory.  You have to search all directories
for provides to satisfy internal requires.
-- 
Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.