>  > What's more generally needed is a set of patterns applied to filter
>  > _ALL_ dependencies. PLD has one of these thingies (they're always
>  > first ;-) but now that rpmio/mire.c appears largely finished,
>  > there's a better mechanism to filter _ALL_ deps.
>
>  That would certainly address the issues my cited examples are trying
>  to solve. :)
>
In a straight forward, and some would say intuitive way.  I like it...james