Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: apt
The manpage for apt-cache says that --names-only should "Only search on
the package names, not the long descriptions."
And yet it frequently lists packages that do not have the search terms
in the name or short description.
Example: (bash script)
for x in ab bc de ef
do
echo
echo "False positives for apt-cache search --names-only '$x':"
apt-cache search --names-only $x | grep -iv $x
done
I get 99 false positives, attached is the output of the above script on
my box.
I have ubuntu hardy, and I did "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade" a
few days ago. I don't think this bug is new.
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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apt-cache search --names-only gives many false positives
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/253761
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