Thanks for your report.
Confirmed in oneiric. Usually Unix command use the '--' special flag to
specify that there is no option in the remaining arguments. But apt-file
protect the minus sign before passing it to zfgrep.
A possible fix would be to always protect the arguments passed to zfgrep like
this:
--- /usr/bin/apt-file 2011-06-23 23:10:22.000000000 +0200
+++ ./apt-file.new 2011-06-23 23:13:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
else {
my $zgrep_pattern = $Conf->{pattern};
$zgrep_pattern =~ s{^\\/}{};
- $zcat = "zfgrep $ignore_case $zgrep_pattern";
+ $zcat = "zfgrep $ignore_case -- $zgrep_pattern";
}
}
my $regexp = eval { $Conf->{ignore_case} ? qr/$pattern/i : qr/$pattern/ };
You can then call:
apt-file search -- -gtkmozembed
** Changed in: apt-file (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: apt-file (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
** Tags added: patch
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