Hi, Ssimply forwarding this reply to the BTS, for the record and future investigation.
2016-05-07 19:05 GMT+01:00 Daniel Hahler <debian-b...@thequod.de>: > On 04.05.2016 17:02, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: > >>> Using ":package-name-or-pattern" during upgrade/installation is very >>> useful to skip some package(s). >>> >>> However, the check if more than 40 packages match a pattern gets applied >>> also, without limiting it to effective packages being matched (those in >>> the list to install/upgrade). >>> >>> The message is: >>> "Couldn't find package \"%s\", and more than 40\npackages >>> contain \"%s\" in their name" >>> >>> Please skip this check altogether in interactive mode (in contrast to >>> the pattern being passed on the command line), or - maybe better - limit >>> it to the effective packages being matched, i.e. when using ":php5-*" to >>> leave all php5-* packages as is for this upgrade, just reject the >>> pattern, if more than 40 php5-packages would have been upgraded (in >>> contrast to more than 40 php5-packages known to aptitude). >> >> I don't understand very well the request. What's the purpose of this? >> >> The user already knows that all packages matching "php5-*" are going to >> be kept, no need to show all 145 of them (count of packages named like >> that today). > > IIRC it's not possible to use ":php5-*" (if that's the correct syntax) to > keep all (installed) packages starting with "php5-", because there's an error > that too many packages match this pattern. > > But the filter should only apply to the installed packages, not all available > packages probably - at least regarding the limit. > > The use case is to keep a set of packages with a common prefix easily. > > > -- > Thanks, > Daniel. -- Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montez...@gmail.com>
