Note that you cannot search package names starting with a -, as that is a special character for starting single character options (like -t).
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1612013 Title: apt search "-package" causes a segfault Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in apt source package in Trusty: Triaged Bug description: user@hostname:~$ apt search -theme Sorting... Error! Full Text Search... 50% // hangs here until a ^C ^C // hangs for about a second here Segmentation fault (core dumped) // the result ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-92.139-generic 3.13.11-ckt39 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-92-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Aug 10 18:46:40 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-04 (707 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140807.1) SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-12-22 (232 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1612013/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
