Re: Bug#127657: apt-get remove doesn't do what's expected when package name has to be matched

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>]

On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Doug Balmer wrote:

> Package: apt
> Version: 0.5.4
> 
> It looks like 'apt-get remove' assumes you want to install the package
> when it has to regex match the package name. 

The trailing plus is documented in the man page to install packages (even
if the operation is remove) similarly the trailing minus does remove.

You should not use them in regex's like that.

Jason