Package: apt
Version: 1.0.9.6
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream
Dear Maintainer,
When installing vera++, it considers "vera++" as a regex, and selects a
lot of unrelated packages:
# apt-get install -s vera++
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'libtest-pod-coverage-perl' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'libcoverart-dbg' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'vera++' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'libcoverart-dev' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'libpod-coverage-trustpod-perl' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'libcoverart-doc' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'ruby-coveralls' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'libcoverart0' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'python3-coverage' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'dict-vera' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'php-codecoverage' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'node-jscoverage' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'vera' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'python-coverage' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'ttf-bitstream-vera' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'ttf-adf-verana' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'python3-coverage-dbg' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'python-coverage-dbg' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'banshee-extension-liveradio' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'libpod-coverage-perl' for regex 'vera+'
Note, selecting 'python-coverage-test-runner' for regex 'vera+'
A trick is to add a '+', but this is odd:
# apt-get install -s vera+++
Also, escaping the '+' does not work:
# apt-get install -s 'vera\+\+'
…
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'vera\+\'
However, this works:
# apt-get install -s 'vera\+\+$'
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "true";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages "";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-headers";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image-extra";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-signed-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-headers";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "gnumach-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-modules";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-kernel";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-backports-modules-.*";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-tools";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections "";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs";
APT::Update "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "[ ! -f /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket ] ||
/usr/bin/dbus-send --system --dest=org.debian.apt --type=signal /org/debian/apt
org.debian.apt.CacheChanged || true";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "/usr/bin/test -e
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service &&
/usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus call
--system --dest org.freedesktop.PackageKit --object-path
/org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 4 --method
org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache