On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 at 14:34, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 13 Oct 2025, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 13:07:37 +0000, [email protected] wrote: > >> On Mon, 13 Oct 2025, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 12:43:13 +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> >>>> apt list ~e^science > >>>> > >>>> how can i see the details of what is being searched and how > >>> man apt-patterns > >>> > >>> ?source-package(REGEX), ~eREGEX > >>> Selects versions where the source package name matches the > >>> specified > >>> regular expression. > >>> > >>> man 7 regex > >>> > >>> '^' (matching the null string at the beginning of a line) > >> i've read that several times > >> i don't see anything that tells me the details of how apt is performing > >> the search > > I don't understand what you're asking. > apt list ~e^science is an example > not what i'm interested in > i'm interested in the details of how apt go about doing whatever it's doing Hi, maybe the first section of this has something for you: https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.apt-cache.html
