Package: apt
Version: 1.2.20
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Used a regex that also works for globbing. See
https://askubuntu.com/q/925365/158442
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
$ sudo apt-get install -s 'meld*'
* What was the outcome of this action?
[...]
Note, selecting 'meld' for glob 'meld*'
[...]
* What outcome did you expect instead?
[...]
Note, selecting 'libhfgomp1-dbg-armel-cross' for regex 'meld*'
Note, selecting 'libiksemel-dev' for regex 'meld*'
Note, selecting 'libgo5-armel-cross' for regex 'meld*'
Note, selecting 'libasan2-armel-cross' for regex 'meld*'
Note, selecting 'libc6-dev-armhf-armel-cross' for regex 'meld*'
Note, selecting 'libjs-simile-timeline' for regex 'meld*'
[...]
The apt manpage says:
install, remove, purge (apt-get(8))
Performs the requested action on one or more packages
specified via
regex(7), glob(7) or exact match. The requested action can be
overridden for specific packages by append a plus (+) to the
package name to install this package or a minus (-) to
remove it.
This would suggest regex match first and globbing second. The apt-get
manpage
suggests nothing at all.
Please document this more clearly in the apt and apt-get manpages.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
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APT::Build-Essential "";
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CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS _Xenial Xerus_ - Release amd64 (20170215.2)]/
xenial main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted
deb-src http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted
# deb-src http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe
# deb-src http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe
deb http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe
# deb-src http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
# deb-src http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
deb http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse
# deb-src http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted
universe multiverse
# deb-src http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted
universe multiverse
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security multiverse
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security multiverse
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers xenial-updates
APT policy: (500, 'xenial-updates'), (500, 'xenial-security'), (500,
'xenial'), (100, 'xenial-backports')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-54-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii adduser 3.113+nmu3ubuntu4
ii gnupg 1.4.20-1ubuntu3.1
ii gnupg2 2.1.11-6ubuntu2
ii gpgv 1.4.20-1ubuntu3.1
ii init-system-helpers 1.29ubuntu4
ii libapt-pkg5.0 1.2.20
ii libc6 2.23-0ubuntu7
ii libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1
ii libstdc++6 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4
ii ubuntu-keyring 2012.05.19
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
ii aptitude 0.7.4-2ubuntu2
ii dpkg-dev 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
ii python-apt 1.1.0~beta1build1
-- no debconf information
