Package: aptitude
Version: 0.6.8.1-2
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
My understanding is that ?any-version(<pattern>) is supposed to match
*all* versions of any package which has *any* version matching
<pattern>, but this is not what I've been getting; for example:
naesten@hydrogen:~/hacking% aptitude versions '?exact-name(apt)'
i A 0.9.7.5 testing 990
p A 0.9.7.6 unstable 500
naesten@hydrogen:~/hacking% aptitude versions
'?exact-name(apt)?any-version(~Atesting)'
Package apt:
i A 0.9.7.5 testing 990
I would expect to get the same results for both queries (there will
always be a version of "apt" in testing, right?), but I do not.
In fact, as far as I can tell, ?any-version(<pattern>) is doing exactly
the same thing as <pattern>; i.e., it's basically useless. Presumably,
it hasn't always been like this; I'm assuming it's some kind of bitrot?
-- Package-specific info:
Terminal: eterm-color # Bug reported using `debian-bug' Emacs package
$DISPLAY is set.
which aptitude: /usr/bin/aptitude
aptitude version information:
aptitude 0.6.8.1 compiled at Sep 25 2012 15:27:00
Compiler: g++ 4.7.1
Compiled against:
apt version 4.12.0
NCurses version 5.9
libsigc++ version: 2.2.10
Ept support enabled.
Gtk+ support disabled.
Qt support disabled.
Current library versions:
NCurses version: ncurses 5.9.20110404
cwidget version: 0.5.16
Apt version: 4.12.0
aptitude linkage:
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7772000)
libapt-pkg.so.4.12 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.4.12
(0xb71fc000)
libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 (0xb71c9000)
libtinfo.so.5 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5 (0xb71a9000)
libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libsigc-2.0.so.0
(0xb71a4000)
libcwidget.so.3 => /usr/lib/libcwidget.so.3 (0xb70a4000)
libept.so.1.aptpkg4.12 => /usr/lib/libept.so.1.aptpkg4.12 (0xb7010000)
libxapian.so.22 => /usr/lib/libxapian.so.22 (0xb6e27000)
libz.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0xb6e0e000)
libsqlite3.so.0 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libsqlite3.so.0 (0xb6d5d000)
libboost_iostreams.so.1.49.0 => /usr/lib/libboost_iostreams.so.1.49.0
(0xb6d45000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
(0xb6d2b000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb6c3f000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb6c19000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb6bfc000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb6a9f000)
libutil.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libutil.so.1 (0xb6a9a000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb6a96000)
libbz2.so.1.0 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libbz2.so.1.0 (0xb6a85000)
libuuid.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1 (0xb6a7f000)
librt.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xb6a76000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7773000)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages aptitude depends on:
ii aptitude-common 0.6.8.1-2
ii libapt-pkg4.12 0.9.7.5
ii libboost-iostreams1.49.0 1.49.0-3.1
ii libc6 2.13-35
ii libcwidget3 0.5.16-3.4
ii libept1.4.12 1.0.9
ii libgcc1 1:4.7.1-7
ii libncursesw5 5.9-10
ii libsigc++-2.0-0c2a 2.2.10-0.2
ii libsqlite3-0 3.7.13-1
ii libstdc++6 4.7.1-7
ii libtinfo5 5.9-10
ii libxapian22 1.2.12-1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13
Versions of packages aptitude recommends:
ii apt-xapian-index 0.45
ii aptitude-doc-en [aptitude-doc] 0.6.8.1-2
ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-1
ii sensible-utils 0.0.7
Versions of packages aptitude suggests:
ii debtags 1.10.1
ii tasksel 3.13
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