As I tend to forget pretty often the syntax of the query format of rpm, I had a short look at the internet. I found this web page which explains some aspects of the use of the rpm -q command.
I discovered a command which I did not know and which might turn out quite useful: namei. It follows the symbolic links until their end point can be found.
Example:
$> namei /usr/java/latest/
f: /usr/java/latest/
d /
d usr
d java
l latest -> /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_03
d /
d usr
d java
d jdk1.6.0_03
