Re: apt debug

[fxkl47BF@protonmail.com]

On Mon, 13 Oct 2025, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:

> On 10/13/25 10:07, fxkl47BF@protonmail.com wrote:
>> On Mon, 13 Oct 2025, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 12:43:13 +0000, fxkl47BF@protonmail.com wrote:
>>>> apt list ~e^science
>>>>
>>>> how can i see the details of what is being searched and how
>>>
>>> man apt-patterns
>>>
>>>        ?source-package(REGEX), ~eREGEX
>>>            Selects versions where the source package name matches the specified
>>>            regular expression.
>>>
>>> man 7 regex
>>>
>>>        '^'  (matching the null string at the beginning of a line)
>>>
>>
>>
>> i've read that several times
>> i don't see anything that tells me the details of how apt is performing the search
>
> I guess you'll need to look at the source code for the exact answer.
>
> But I'd guess it tries to matches the supplied regexp to the source
> package name field (one of the fields of each package, though for some
> reason not reported by apt show <package>), and reports the ones that match.

i've read man apt.conf and tried many of the debug options
i guess i just haven't found the right combination