2008/6/18 Chris Ridd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> On 18 Jun 2008, at 09:57, Chris Ridd wrote:
>
>> This is on snv_90:
>>
>> $ pkg search libz
>> $ pkg search libz.so
>> INDEX      ACTION    VALUE               PACKAGE
>> basename   link      lib/libz.so         pkg://[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> Is there a minimum length string that can be searched for?
>
>
> Same system:
>
> $ pkg search bin/wish
> $ pkg search wish
> INDEX      ACTION    VALUE               PACKAGE
> basename   link      usr/bin/wish        pkg://[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Something's not quite right.

I believe you're seeing the current expected behaviour. That is,
partial matching is not the default behaviour.

So libz.so works because it is a complete filename. libz doesn't
because it is a substring match.

The same goes for bin/wish and wish from what I understand.

-- 
Shawn Walker
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