On 14 September 2015 at 16:35, konsolebox <konsole...@gmail.com> wrote: > Many times we need to match packages like this: something-1.0.2a.* > > But that expression is not allowed with ~ (only targets revisions) and > neither with * (.*) is invalid.
What does =cat/pkg-something-1.0.2a* do? ( note, lack of . before * ) Why is that undesirable? IME, when you write ".*" you mean to write "*". That's what the "*" implies: version X or version X.Any https://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/dependencies/index.html#ranged-dependencies -- Kent KENTNL - https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL
