[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Provides generation for files (a.k.a. rpm fileattrs for makepkg)

[Carson Black]

> > > Did you actually try this?
> >
> > Yes, I've been using the following packages as tests for this and
> > inspecting their metadata by hand:
> >
> > - vte3 (pkgconfig)
> > - kwayland (cmake)
> > - discover (desktop file)
> >
> > I know pacman can already install packages given a provides capability,
> > so I didn't bother setting up a local test repository to confirm the
> > fact that pacman
> > can install these packages given their capabilities.
>
> You're not reading what I said.

Pardon, what did you mean by "Did you actually try this"?

The large quote of the patch's description immediately beforehand had
me assuming that you were asking about
if I had tested the patch.