Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 11:04:16 -0800, Loren M. Lang wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 12:15:32PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 00:00:13 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > > > > - apt-patterns(7) > > > > > > Why isn't this linked/referenced from apt(8) or apt-get(8) or > > > aptitude(8)? I just checked all three, and it's not on any of > > > them. > > > > It is references in the SEE ALSO section of the apt(8) man page > > which is how I found it, > > Not in Bookworm, it isn't. But you're saying it's been improved in > Trixie or something? That's good! > > > Also, it is references earlier under the > > list subcommand: > > > > list > > list is somewhat similar to dpkg-query --list > > in that it can display a list of packages satisfying > > certain criteria. It supports glob(7) > > patterns for matching package names, apt-patterns(7), as well as > > options to list installed (--installed), > > upgradeable (--upgradeable) or all available > > (--all-versions) versions. > > Hah. All the things I asked for in the message I wrote 5 minutes ago > are apparently already done in some future version of Debian.
I think part of the confusion is that there are various references to a mythical "Aptitude Reference Manual" which are actually [I think] referring to the "aptitude reference guide" otherwise known as Chapter 2 of the "aptitude user's manual" - https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/aptitude/ch02.en.html and which contains a section on search patterns that itself contains a subsection on search term reference https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/aptitude/ch02s04s05.en.html
