Bug#953531: apt and jokers

[David BERCOT <debian@bercot.org>]

Le 10/03/2020 à 13:38, Julian Andres Klode a écrit :
> 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/

OK. Thank you.

>>> 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.

Wait and see ;-)

Thank you.

David.