7.3. Using automatically generated dependencies for Python RPMs

Procedure

1. Include one of the following directories in the resulting RPM:

   • .dist-info

   • .egg-info

     The RPM build process automatically generates virtual pythonX.Ydist provides from these directories, for example:

     python3.12dist(pello)

     The Python dependency generator then reads the upstream metadata and generates runtime requirements for each RPM package using the generated pythonX.Ydist virtual provides. Example of a generated requirements tag:

     Requires: python3.12dist(requests)

2. Inspect the generated Requires.
3. To remove some of the generated Requires, modify the upstream-provided metadata in the %prep section of the spec file.
4. To disable the automatic requirements generator, include the %{?python_disable_dependency_generator} macro above the main package’s %description declaration.