Is rpm still useful?

By | 24/09/2018

Where does that file come from?

# rpm -qf /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo 
epel-release-7-11.noarch

When was it installed?

# rpm -qif /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo | grep Install
Install Date: Sun 10 Jun 2018 03:26:11 BST

What does it need?

# rpm -q --requires -f /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
config(epel-release) = 7-11
redhat-release >= 7
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) <= 5.2-1

What provides those things?

# rpm -q --whatprovides 'config(epel-release)'
epel-release-7-11.noarch

# rpm -q --whatprovides 'redhat-release'
centos-release-7-5.1804.4.el7.centos.x86_64

# yum whatprovides 'config(epel-release)'
epel-release-7-9.noarch : Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux repository configuration
Repo : extras
Matched from:
Provides : config(epel-release) = 7-9

epel-release-7-11.noarch : Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux repository configuration
Repo : epel
Matched from:
Provides : config(epel-release) = 7-11

epel-release-7-11.noarch : Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux repository configuration
Repo : extras
Matched from:
Provides : config(epel-release) = 7-11

epel-release-7-11.noarch : Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux repository configuration
Repo : installed
Matched from:
Provides : config(epel-release) = 7-11

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