Bug#579603: aptitude: ?archive(now) matches all installed or removed (not purged) packages

2010-04-29 Thread Stuart Prescott
Hi Daniel, The string now actually comes directly from apt. I could filter it in search patterns (it's already filtered in various parts of the UI), but I know that people use the aptitude command-line in scripts, and making now no longer match anything would be a backwards-incompatible

Bug#579603: aptitude: ?archive(now) matches all installed or removed (not purged) packages

2010-04-28 Thread Stuart Prescott
Package: aptitude Version: 0.4.11.11-1~lenny1 Severity: normal Short version: -- aptitude search '?archive(now)' matches all packages that are in installed or removed (not purged) states. Naturally, aptitude search '?archive(foobar)' matches 0 packages and aptitude search

Bug#579603: aptitude: ?archive(now) matches all installed or removed (not purged) packages

2010-04-28 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:49:03AM +0100, Stuart Prescott stuart+deb...@nanonanonano.net was heard to say: aptitude search '?archive(now)' matches all packages that are in installed or removed (not purged) states. Naturally, aptitude search '?archive(foobar)' matches 0 packages and