Package: libcupt-perl Version: 1.5.13 Severity: wishlist I just want to let you know that the next version of APT handles regular expressions and matches using fnmatch() anywhere in the Pin: field where a string comparison was done previously.
A regular expression is surrounded by two forward
slashes, and a fnmatch() expression has no special
things, it replaces the old string match directly.
This allows stuff like:
Pin: release o=/deb.*/
Pin: version *5*
Pin: origin local*
Pin: origin /^local.*/
Pin: origin /^$/ (equal to origin "")
Regular expressions are not anchored, meaning they
match anywhere in the string. APT currently uses
POSIX Extended Regular Expressions, for cupt, I
think perl regex makes more sense.
You can also extend the concept to the Package:
and Sources: fields. APT2 can do this, and it
looks like:
Package: /regex/, fnmatch-pattern
I did not find an easy way to add this Package/Source
matching to APT at the moment, but it may come.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (350, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages libcupt-perl depends on:
ii liblist-moreutils-perl 0.25~02-1 Perl module with additional list f
ii libparse-recdescent-perl 1.965001+dfsg-1 Perl module to create and use recu
ii libterm-size-perl 0.2-4+b1 Perl extension for retrieving term
ii liburi-perl 1.54-1 module to manipulate and access UR
ii libwww-curl-perl 4.11-1 Perl bindings to libcurl
ii perl [libdigest-sha-perl 5.10.1-13 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
Versions of packages libcupt-perl recommends:
ii bzip2 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii gpgv 1.4.10-4 GNU privacy guard - signature veri
ii liblocale-gettext-perl 1.05-6 Using libc functions for internati
Versions of packages libcupt-perl suggests:
ii cupt 1.5.13 alternative front-end for dpkg --
pn debdelta <none> (no description available)
ii dpkg-dev 1.15.7.2 Debian package development tools
pn dpkg-repack <none> (no description available)
ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in
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Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member
See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/.
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