Bug#121132: Debian Bug report #121132

[Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>]

On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 01:39:06PM +0200, Erwin Burgstaller wrote:

> Now, almost 2 Years later, this one hasn't been closed, not even got a
> comment, but it's still needed. Instead of pinning e.g. qt3* and
> libqt3*, I have to write a rule for each package, at least to keep
> apt-get quiet.
> 
> Why isn't it possible having package-wild-cards working?

apt is an open source project, and this is a feature request.  If you need
this feature, you can start working on implementing it.  If you can't or
won't, then you need to wait for someone else to want it, who can and will.

This is not a gratis custom software development service.

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 - mdz