Bug#127657: marked as done (apt-get remove doesn't do what's expected when package name has to be matched)
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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:02:56 +0000
From: Doug Balmer <doug@digitalbrain.com>
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Subject: apt-get remove doesn't do what's expected when package name has to be matched
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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.
fie:/etc# apt-get remove elm+
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Note, selecting elm-me+ instead of elm
Sorry, elm-me+ is already the newest version.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 45 not upgraded.
fie:/etc# apt-get remove elm-me+
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
elm-me+
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 45 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 2730kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:32:56 -0700 (MST)
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>
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To: Doug Balmer <doug@digitalbrain.com>, 127657-done@bugs.debian.org
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Subject: Re: Bug#127657: apt-get remove doesn't do what's expected when package name has to be matched
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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
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