Bug#1002646: apt: please add a pattern that allows one to select packages by codename

[Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <josch@debian.org>]

Package: apt
Version: 2.3.13
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: josch@debian.org

Hi,

I need a pattern that allows me to match codenames in addition to
archive names, so that I can do:

apt-get install ?narrow(?or(?archive($foo),?codename($foo)),?architecture(amd64),?essential)

Because I don't know whether $foo will be something like "unstable" or
"sid" but both should work.

Thanks!

cheers, josch