Bug#953531: apt and jokers

[Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>]

Control: retitle -1 glob wildcards not accepted anymore

On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 08:42:20AM +0100, David BERCOT wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 2.0.0
> 
> Apt does not work any more with jokers.
> Before, I used apt in some cases with jokers.
> Example : apt install remmina-plugin-*
> 
> Now, I have an error message :
> # apt install remmina-plugin-*
> Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
> Construction de l'arbre des dépendances
> Lecture des informations d'état... Fait
> E: Impossible de trouver le paquet remmina-plugin-*

This is intentional and was announced in debian/NEWS as well
as the recent email announcements. You can use patterns, e.g.
apt install ~n^remmina-plugin-

Do you feel that this is a bad decision?

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