Invalid? Maybe, but the forum thread started from this (see below), not the lack of escaping PBCAK:
$ aptitude search "?name(apt)" E: Regex compilation error: Invalid preceding regular expression $ aptitude search ~napt p add-apt-key - Command line tool to add GPG keys to the APT ke i apt - Advanced front-end for dpkg p apt-build - frontend to apt to build, optimize and install [...] I won't open a new issue ticked since this will do just fine. The previous person who reported this actually lost some information, but the PITA is still there in aptitude. Here's my input: Package: aptitude Priority: important Section: admin Installed-Size: 7764 Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <...> Original-Maintainer: Daniel Burrows <...> Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.4.9-2ubuntu5 r...@ubuntuvz:~# aptitude search ?name\(apt\) E: Regex compilation error: Invalid preceding regular expression r...@ubuntuvz:~# uname -a Linux ubuntuvz 2.6.24-25-openvz #1 SMP Tue Oct 20 09:23:00 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- aptitude Search Patterns don't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415386 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
