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and subject line Re: Bug#375506: dpkg --search needs more escaping
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regarding dpkg --search needs more escaping
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.13.21
Severity: normal
$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/[
dpkg: /usr/bin/[ not found.
$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/\\[
coreutils: /usr/bin/[
coreutils.list:/usr/bin/[
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Hi!
On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 15:00:46 -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 09:46:53PM +0200, Nicolas François wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 09:53:38AM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > >
> > > $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/[
> > > dpkg: /usr/bin/[ not found.
> > > $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/\\[
> > > coreutils: /usr/bin/[
> > >
> > > coreutils.list:/usr/bin/[
> >
> > Justin, can you look at #365271.
> > It is the same issue.
> >
> > I don't think dpkg can do much in this case, and I think this bug should
> > be closed.
> I'd forgotten or didn't know that dpkg-query did globs. Should a
> pattern with '[' without a closing ']' be treated as invalid? I guess
> since the shell doesn't, fnmatch doesn't, so dpkg can't... Is this
> correct?
I don't think it's worth the possible confusion (even with Frank's
suggested fix) or performance hit. I'm thus closing this report.
Thanks,
Guillem
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