comps RPM

Curtis Doty Curtis at GreenKey.net
Mon Dec 5 15:26:49 UTC 2005


Matt Sturtz wrote:

>>>On a somewhat related note (to my previous question), is there a
>>>simple procedure documented someplace for rebuilding the comps.rpm
>>>file with the new package information?  Seems like this should be
>>>part of my package update process...
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>I've still to figure out what value this RPM actually offers. What is its
>>history, and what is it supposed to do?
>>    
>>
>
>
>I guess I may be speaking of the rpmdb package -- it's the database RPM
>uses when offering "suggestions" to resolve deps.  Clearly it's not an
>important issue, but I thought it'd still be worth solving...
>  
>
I used to keep various rpmdbs around. But then Seth showed me the light 
in the form of repoquery in the yum-utils package. At least from fc4...

../C

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