Index: rpm-4.8.0/autodeps/linux.prov
===================================================================
--- rpm-4.8.0.orig/autodeps/linux.prov	2010-12-08 15:16:12.984842683 +0100
+++ rpm-4.8.0/autodeps/linux.prov	2010-12-08 15:16:52.530842661 +0100
@@ -107,4 +107,9 @@ fi
 [ -x /usr/lib/rpm/gstreamer-provides ] &&
     printf "%s\n" "${filelist[@]}" | /usr/lib/rpm/gstreamer-provides | sort -u
 
+#
+# --- Provides of sysvinit scripts
+[ -x /usr/lib/rpm/sysvinitdeps.sh ] &&
+    printf "%s\n" "${filelist[@]}" | /usr/lib/rpm/sysvinitdeps.sh -P | sort -u
+
 exit 0
Index: rpm-4.8.0/scripts/sysvinitdeps.sh
===================================================================
--- /dev/null	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ rpm-4.8.0/scripts/sysvinitdeps.sh	2010-12-08 15:17:11.183843303 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# -P blindly assumed
+while read file; do
+	case $file in
+          */etc/init.d/*)
+		provs=`grep '^# *Provides:' $file | sed 's,^.*:,,'`
+		for p in $provs; do
+			echo "sysvinit($p)"
+		done
+	  ;;
+        esac
+done
Index: rpm-4.8.0/scripts/Makefile.am
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--- rpm-4.8.0.orig/scripts/Makefile.am	2010-12-08 15:16:12.985844013 +0100
+++ rpm-4.8.0/scripts/Makefile.am	2010-12-08 15:16:52.531842720 +0100
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ rpmconfig_SCRIPTS = \
 	pkgconfigdeps.sh libtooldeps.sh \
 	ocaml-find-requires.sh ocaml-find-provides.sh \
 	fontconfig.prov desktop-file.prov \
+	sysvinitdeps.sh \
 	rpmdb_loadcvt rpmdiff rpm2cpio.sh tcl.req tgpg 
 
 rpmconfig_DATA = \