The pattern you can specify here is a full-blown regex (=regular expression) one and NOT a wildcard style one you know maybe from e.g. bash.
Thats a feature, not a bug and completely expected. $ apt-get remove gnome* will not only remove gnome and gnome-desktop but also libgnome0 (note that it doesn't start with gnome) and gomint (note the "missing" e) So myrtille should have written $apt-get purge 2\.6\.28-11.* (note the dot-escaping, otherwise 226A28-11 would be a match too…) ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- apt-get misreads specified kernel to delete https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410666 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs