RPM question

[Joel Uckelman]

Thus spake Globe Trotter:
> I have a bunch of uninstalled RPMS and I am trying to figure out what
> capabilities they provide. Can someone please tell me how to do that.
> 
> Note that the packages are uninstalled so 
> 
> rpm -q --provides whatever.rpm does not work. 
> 
> Is there any other option.
> 
> Thanks and best wishes!

rpm -qp --provides whatever.rpm

The 'p' tells rpm to look at a package file, rather than in the database
of installed rpms.