Hi! On Wed, 2015-01-14 at 22:54:13 +0100, Axel Beckert wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.17.23 > Severity: minor
> from the dpkg-query(1) man page: > > -S, --search filename-search-pattern... > Search for packages that own files corresponding to the > given pattern. Standard shell wildchars can be used in > the pattern. This command will not list extra files > created by maintainer scripts, nor will it list > alternatives. > > This doesn't explain the following difference: > IMHO the man page should explicitly mention that if the parameter to -S > starts with a slash, the parameter is taken as complete file name while > it is taken as substring match on path and file name otherwise. Indeed, this is not clear at all. I'll document it for 1.18.x. The actual behavior is: If the first character is any of "*[?/" then it will be considered a pattern, and it will be surrounded by *, as in "*string*". If the string contains any of "*[?\\", then it's considered a glob pattern. Otherwise a literal path lookup is performed. Thanks, Guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
