Bug#919700: "apt-file list" prints files for wrong package

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

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Jakub Wilk:
> Package: apt-file
> Version: 3.2.1
> 
> I ran into this odd corner case:
> 
>   $ apt-file list arc
>   arc: /usr/bin/arc
>   arc: /usr/bin/marc
>   arc: /usr/share/doc/arc/Arc521.doc.gz
>   arc: /usr/share/doc/arc/Arcinfo.gz
>   arc: /usr/share/doc/arc/Readme.gz
>   arc: /usr/share/doc/arc/changelog.Debian.gz
>   arc: /usr/share/doc/arc/changelog.gz
>   arc: /usr/share/doc/arc/copyright
>   arc: /usr/share/man/man1/arc.1.gz
>   arc: /usr/share/man/man1/marc.1.gz
>   arcanist: /usr/bin/arc
>   arcanist: /usr/share/man/man1/arc.1.gz
> 
> I guess apt-file got confused because "arc" is a substring of "arcanist"
> and they both ship the same files (bug #919697).
> 
> [...]
> 

Hi,

Thanks for the report.

I suspect it is the same (underlying) issue as #703605 (with the divert
case being a "more" legitimate clash).  I am keeping the bugs separate
for now but I suspect they will end up being solved at the same time.

Thanks,
~Niels