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and subject line Bug#1084185: fixed in appstream 1.1.5-1
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regarding appstream: Reintroduce wildcard matching for 'what-provides modalias'
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Package: appstream
Version: 0.16.1-2
In <URL: https://bugs.debian.org/841160 >, appstreamcli was adjusted to
use wildcard matching / fnmatch() to locate relevant modalias entries,
similar to how isenkram look up packages based on modalias hardware
descriptions.
It would allow the following shell script fragment to list packages
matching the current machine hardware:
for a in $(find /sys/ -name modalias -print0 | xargs -0 cat | \
cut -d: -f1- | sort); do \
appstreamcli what-provides modalias $a \
| grep -v 'Could not find component providing'; \
done
The lookup now only work for exact string matches, like this one:
% appstreamcli what-provides modalias lkmodule:thinkpad_acpi
Identifier: com.github.vmatare.thinkfan [generic]
Name: thinkfan
Summary: simple and lightweight fan control program
Package: thinkfan
%
But not for those requiring wildcard matching, like this one (should
match firmware-iwlwifi):
% appstreamcli what-provides modalias
pci:v00008086d00000085sv00008086sd00001311bc02sc80i00
Could not find component providing
'modalias::pci:v00008086d00000085sv00008086sd00001311bc02sc80i00'.
%
I had a look at the source, and it look like the fix made in
<URL: https://bugs.debian.org/841160 > is no longer active, causing
'appstreamcli what-provides modalias' to no longer call
as_provided_has_item(), but instead depend on a xpath search in
as_cache_query_components(), and the latter do not use wildcard
matching.
Please bring back the very useful wildcard matching for 'what-provides
modalias'.
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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen
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Source: appstream
Source-Version: 1.1.5-1
Done: Matthias Klumpp <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
appstream, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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pp.
Matthias Klumpp <[email protected]> (supplier of updated appstream package)
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:34:44 +0200
Source: appstream
Architecture: source
Version: 1.1.5-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Matthias Klumpp <[email protected]>
Closes: 1084185
Changes:
appstream (1.1.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
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* New upstream version: 1.1.5
- Reintroduces bidirectional wildcard search for
modaliases (Closes: #1084185)
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