[Dctrl-tools-devel] Bug#498360: -X <pattern> doesn't match

[Loïc Minier]

Package: dctrl-tools
Version: 2.13.0
Severity: minor

        Hi there,

 % grep-status -n -s Package -X -P gedit
 gedit
 % grep-status -n -s Package gedit
 gedit-common
 gnome-core
 gedit
 gedit-plugins
 gedit-dev
 % grep-status -n -s Package -X gedit
 <empty>

 I'd have expected the last command to match "Package: gedit" in all
 fields.

 I think this a bug in the parser, it might be that it tries matching
 the whole list of fields and not field by field?

 This doesn't work either:
 echo "Package: gedit" | grep-dctrl -n -s Package "Package: gedit"

 But this works:
% echo "Package: gedit" | grep-dctrl -n -X -s Package "Package: gedit
"
gedit

 NB: embedded newline in the last pattern

   Cheers,

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-rc5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages dctrl-tools depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.7-13     GNU C Library: Shared libraries

dctrl-tools recommends no packages.

Versions of packages dctrl-tools suggests:
ii  apt                           0.7.14+b1  Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  debtags                       1.7.7      Enables support for package tags

-- no debconf information

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Loïc Minier