This is currently working as designed. * works, specifying an explicit package name should work (but is currently broken, see bug 565364). Specifying part of the package name plus a wildcard is currently unsupported. There is an RFE ticket open in Debian for several years, don't hold your breath for a fix: http://bugs.debian.org/121132.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #121132 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=121132 ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist ** Summary changed: - RFE: apt pinning supports wildcard or complete package name only + RFE: include support for partial wildcard in apt pinning ** Summary changed: - RFE: include support for partial wildcard in apt pinning + RFE: include support for partial wildcard to pin packages ** Also affects: apt (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=121132 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- RFE: include support for partial wildcard to pin packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/399474 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
