Bug#973471: look has unpredictable behavior

Currently `look` is broken, according to upstream and Ubuntu bugs: https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues/1493[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1971425[2] aptitude show wamerican bsdextrautils Package: wamerican Version: 2020.12.07-2

Bug#973471: look has unpredictable behavior

Package: util-linux Version: 2.36.1-8+deb11u1 Followup-For: Bug #973471 Hello, The issue is that currently "look" is broken on debian/bullseye. I don't know whether this package needs to be updated or the dictionary package(s). Attached is a patch that removes the default -d and -f when no dicti

Bug#973471: look has unpredictable behavior

Hello Jamie Heilman, * Jamie Heilman [201031 09:33]: > look's behavior became really unpredictable when it migrated from > bsdmainutils to util-linux. Thank you for your report. > $ look achi [6 results] > $ grep -ci ^achi /usr/share/dict/words > 36 For one, you seem to be using a different wo

Bug#973471: look has unpredictable behavior

Package: bsdextrautils Version: 2.36-3+b1 look's behavior became really unpredictable when it migrated from bsdmainutils to util-linux. $ look achi Achille Achille's Achillean Achilles Achilles's Achitophel $ grep -ci ^achi /usr/share/dict/words 36 $ This is just one example but sometimes it wor