** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Incomplete
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: aptitude
- Search Patterns, as defined here:
+ Search Patterns, as defined here:
http://algebraicthunk.net/%7Edburrows/projects/aptitude/doc/en/ch02s03s01.html
- don't work:
- $ aptitude search ?name(apt)
- bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
+ don't work:
- You can also see this forum thread:
+ $ aptitude search ?name\(apt\)
+ $ aptitude search '?name(apt)'
+
+ Produce the error
+
+ E: Regex compilation error: Invalid preceding regular expression
+
+ This works fine:
+ $ aptitude search ~napt
+
+ You can also see this forum thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1239085
Required information:
- Release: Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS
+ Release: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS
- Version of package:
+ Version of package:
aptitude:
- Installed: 0.4.9-2ubuntu5
- Candidate: 0.4.9-2ubuntu5
- Version table:
- *** 0.4.9-2ubuntu5 0
- 500 http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
- 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
-
- I expected the same list like the one returned by:
- $ aptitude search ~napt
-
- This is what happened:
- $ aptitude search ?name(apt)
- bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
+ Installed: 0.4.9-2ubuntu5
+ Candidate: 0.4.9-2ubuntu5
+ Version table:
+ *** 0.4.9-2ubuntu5 0
+ 500 http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
+ 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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aptitude Search Patterns don't work
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415386
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