On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 07:11:07PM +0200, Teodor MICU wrote: > 2013/3/3 Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <antti-juh...@kaijanaho.fi> > > > By using '-X' some times not all packages are selected: > > > > > > Package: python2.7 > > > Source: python2.7 (2.7.3-7) > > > > This is the expected result, hence downgrading to wishlist. > > -X is supposed to check if the field in question (in this case, Source, or > > if > > it is missing, Package) contains the string (in this case $PKG) and nothing > > else. > > This is not expected at all. You see that the name in question has an > exact match?
The Source field, which is being looked at here, contains more than the name. Hence it's not an exact match. There is a substring match, but -X disallows it. > > > I thing that »grep-dctrl -X« should match on "NAME (VERSION)" too. > > > > I think changing the defined meaning of -X that radically is out of the > > question. > > Providing another flag to do what you are reqesting is possible, though the > > question of exactly what it *should* match is not clear. Can you give me a > > regexp, for example? > > This is not a radical change. Changing -X in this way would be radical. > A regex could be found, the question is > would you accept it. Depends on the regex. -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho, Jyväskylä, Finland http://antti-juhani.kaijanaho.fi/newblog/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/antti-juhani/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
