I think we might want to have some strict mode at some point which does no automatic fallback search. Patterns also have regular expressions according to the aptitude manual, but that does not quite match the reality (aptitude install foo always installs exactly foo).
I can image we add a --exact-name option to install that only allows exact matches and does not search for similar names. That's like aptitude's ?exact-name pattern. Or we could do it the other way around and disable it by default for non-interactive use, and introduce a --force-no-exact-match-search-for-it option (and a prompt, well, just combine it into the existing prompt). ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Julian Andres Klode (juliank) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1598810 Title: `apt-get install python3.4` on xenial exits 0 despite python3.4 not being available To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1598810/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs