jik:~!1044$ rpm -q libpcap libpcap-0.8.1-1 jik:~!1045$ rpm -q --provides libpcap libpcap.so.0.6.2 libpcap = 14:0.8.1-1 It should also say that it provides libpcap.so.0.
well libpcap does not follow the normal library naming scheme and does normally only produce a static library. We cannot be sure, that the API does not change in the "0" version.