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 _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
