"Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On 7/7/06, Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [snip]
>> > I use the --include option a lot, and because I can't do something
>> > like '--include libstd++6_' I end up pulling in all files with libstd
>> > on their names. There's no such problem with the '-' character.
>>
>> As the manpage says the --include option uses a regexp and thus +
>> means one or more times the previous character. You have to quote the
>> special regexp characters if you mean the actual chars.
>>
>
> I tried quoting as you suggest [ --include="libstdc++6" ] and it returns this:
>
> Nested quantifiers in regex; marked by <-- HERE in
> m/(abiword-gnome|abiword-common|libstartup-notification0|libstdc++ <--
> HERE 6|libstlport4.6c2)/ at /usr/bin/debmirror line 765.

Wrong quoting. The "" will be parsed by the shell and removed. You
need to use libstdc\\+\\+6 I believe (\\ because the shell makes \
from that).

MfG
        Goswin


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