Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: apt
Ubuntu 9.04, apt 0.7.20.2ubuntu6.
When 'apt-get install' is called with regular expression as its
argument, it usually asks user for confirmation. However, it doesn't if
packages matched by regular expression pull exactly 1000 packages as
dependencies, not including themselves.
How to reproduce: download attached file and place it somewhere where
apt will find it (path to it should look like
/path/to/some/dir/dists/test/test/binary-your-arch/Packages.gz), add
corresponding entry to sources.list (something like 'deb
file:/path/to/some/dir test test'), run 'apt-get update' and then run
'apt-get install ^bad$'. Apt won't confirm installation of 1001 packages
(it will probably ask about broken signature, but it wouldn't if
signature were correct).
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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apt-get install: regex isn't confirmed if it pulls exactly 1000 dependencies
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366274
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