On 18 Jun 2008, at 14:16, Shawn Walker wrote:

> 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.

That makes sense, thanks for the explanation.

Cheers,

Chris
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