Package: apt-file Version: 2.4.2 Severity: normal User: [email protected] Usertags: origin-ubuntu oneiric
This bug report was also filed in Ubuntu and can be found at http://launchpad.net/bugs/801336 The description, from Michal Suchanek, follows: apt-file search -gtkmozembed Unknown option: g Unknown option: t Unknown option: k Unknown option: m Unknown option: o Unknown option: z Unknown option: e Unknown option: m Unknown option: b Unknown option: e Option d requires an argument apt-file version 2.4.2 (c) 2002 Sebastien J. Gross <[email protected]> apt-file [options] action [pattern] apt-file [options] -f action <file> apt-file [options] -D action <debfile> Configuration options: --sources-list -s <file> sources.list location --cache -c <dir> Cache directory --architecture -a <arch> Use specific architecture --cdrom-mount -d <cdrom> Use specific cdrom mountpoint --from-file -f Read patterns from file(s), one per line (use '-' for stdin) --from-deb -D Use file list of .deb package(s) as patterns; implies -F --non-interactive -N Skip schemes requiring user input (useful in cron jobs) --package-only -l Only display packages name --fixed-string -F Do not expand pattern --ignore-case -i Ignore case distinctions --regexp -x pattern is a regular expression --verbose -v run in verbose mode --dummy -y run in dummy mode (no action) --help -h Show this help. --version -V Show version number Action: update Fetch Contents files from apt-sources. search|find <pattern> Search files in packages list|show <pattern> List files in packages purge Remove cache files Interpreting options after command both disables searching for patterns starting with - and is in conflict with the help text that mandates putting options before command. Proposed patch: 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/ }; ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: apt-file 2.4.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-1.2-generic 3.0.0-rc3 Uname: Linux 3.0-1-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Jun 23 22:37:02 2011 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: apt-file UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers oneiric APT policy: (500, 'oneiric') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.0-1-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
