[Bug 1872200] Re: apt does not accept globs and regexes in some cases
Julian Andres Klode
julian.klode at canonical.com
Sat Apr 11 16:00:21 UTC 2020
glob actually needs to come back to some extend (* only), but otherwise
yes, read the NEWS.
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Title:
apt does not accept globs and regexes in some cases
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Observed with Ubuntu 20.04 Beta.
apt remove 'mypackage*' does not remove all installed packages
starting with “mypackage”. Instead:
$ sudo apt remove 'mypackage*'
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package mypackage*
However:
$ sudo apt list --installed 'mypackage*'
Listing... Done
mypackage-data-v1/focal,focal,now 0.3.2-5build1 all [installed,automatic]
mypackage1/focal,now 0.3.2-5build1 amd64 [installed]
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