Hi, Ian Jackson: > ... yes, trailing `-' is permitted in a package name. > > Could apt use ! or ~ or something for this purpose ? > IMHO, trailing characters are too non-obvious anyway.
Also, ~ is already used in version numbers. IMHO that's too confusing. How about "apt-get install foo bar --remove baz" instead? (With "apt-get install foo bar ! baz" as shorthand.) -- -- Matthias Urlichs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141104152134.gc29...@smurf.noris.de
