Julian Andres Klode writes: > The only time an issue can appear is if you have two or more packages > ending in + or - where one is a prefix of the other. As long as we > do not have such packages in the archive, there is no issue. > I had a quick look in my (not complete) mirror and didn't see any packages with a terminal -; however there are a number of packages with terminal + or ++ that also have packages whose names are a prefix:
aewm aewm++ bison bison++ freefem freefem++ gobjc gobjc++ kimwitu kimwitu++ libdb4.6 libdb4.6++ libdb4.7 libdb4.7++ libdb4.8 libdb4.8++ libdb5.1 libdb5.1++ libdb5.3 libdb5.3++ memtest86 memtest86+ minisat minisat+ paw paw++ python-py python-py++ swish swish++ vera vera++ wmweather wmweather+ xgalaga xgalaga++ In addition if there was no python-py++ package then that string supplied to apt would match 290 packages in my mirror. J. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
