Bug#236742: packages.debian.org Search For "cups" Doesn't Return cupsys-client
tags 236742 pending
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On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 07:43:18PM -0600, Jason Bucata wrote:
> I went to http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages, and did a "Search
> package directories" search. I typed "cups" in the Keyword box (no
> quotes, natch), picked "Search on Descriptions", and unchecked "Allow
> searching on subwords". "Search case sensitive" remained unchecked, and
> Distribution/Section = "stable"/"any".
>
> I expected the package cupsys-client to appear in the results, but it
> didn't. It was produced in "apt-cache search cups", which is how I
> found out about/remembered its existence when I was looking for it.
>
> If I retry the Web search, and check "Allow searching on subwords", it
> returns cupsys-client as expected.
The problem was that I matched for spaces around words, not for
non-alphanumeric chars. Will be fixed soon.
Gruesse,
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Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
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