Bug#953531: apt and jokers

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

On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 01:19:53PM +0100, David BERCOT wrote:
> Le 10/03/2020 à 11:05, Julian Andres Klode a écrit :
> > 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-
> 
> Ah, OK. Sorry, I have not seen this. Do you have a link to this
> announcement ?

https://lists.debian.org/deity/2020/03/msg00014.html

or rendered at:
https://blog.jak-linux.org/2020/03/07/apt-2.0/

> 
> > Do you feel that this is a bad decision?
> 
> If there is another solution, no ;-)

We're also considering re-adding *, as it's quite common, and safe
to add, given the feedback over this.

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