Re: How do I "apt-get upgrade" the kernel for debian-390?

[Bob Hilliard <hilliard@debian.org>]

Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> writes:

>   # apt-cache search 'kernel*'
>   # apt-cache search kernel\*
>
> Plain kernel* will do unexpected things if you happen to have any files
> in the current directory whose names begin with "kernel".

     However apt-cache searches on a regex (does it use grep?), so
`kernel' gets the smae match as `kernel*'.

bob:vc-p2:bob>apt-cache search kernel|wc
    527    4402   32495
bob:vc-p2:bob>apt-cache search "kernel*"|wc
    527    4402   32495

Regards,

Bob
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