Package: appstream Version: 0.16.1-2
In <URL: https://bugs.debian.org/841160 >, appstreamcli was adjusted to use wildcard matching / fnmatch() to locate relevant modalias entries, similar to how isenkram look up packages based on modalias hardware descriptions. It would allow the following shell script fragment to list packages matching the current machine hardware: for a in $(find /sys/ -name modalias -print0 | xargs -0 cat | \ cut -d: -f1- | sort); do \ appstreamcli what-provides modalias $a \ | grep -v 'Could not find component providing'; \ done The lookup now only work for exact string matches, like this one: % appstreamcli what-provides modalias lkmodule:thinkpad_acpi Identifier: com.github.vmatare.thinkfan [generic] Name: thinkfan Summary: simple and lightweight fan control program Package: thinkfan % But not for those requiring wildcard matching, like this one (should match firmware-iwlwifi): % appstreamcli what-provides modalias pci:v00008086d00000085sv00008086sd00001311bc02sc80i00 Could not find component providing 'modalias::pci:v00008086d00000085sv00008086sd00001311bc02sc80i00'. % I had a look at the source, and it look like the fix made in <URL: https://bugs.debian.org/841160 > is no longer active, causing 'appstreamcli what-provides modalias' to no longer call as_provided_has_item(), but instead depend on a xpath search in as_cache_query_components(), and the latter do not use wildcard matching. Please bring back the very useful wildcard matching for 'what-provides modalias'. -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen
