From c373c37a2edf384b658c8d054bdcc55464900863 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arch Librarian Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:54:56 +0000 Subject: Regexs for install Author: jgg Date: 1999-10-21 06:35:00 GMT Regexs for install --- doc/apt-get.8.yo | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.yo b/doc/apt-get.8.yo index 918d17b1c..393f9ec6f 100644 --- a/doc/apt-get.8.yo +++ b/doc/apt-get.8.yo @@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ hyphen is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be removed if it is installed. This latter feature may be used to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict resolution system. +If no package matches the given expression and the expression contains one +of '.', '?' or '*' then it is assumed to be a POSIX regex and it is applied +to all package names in the database. Any matches are then installed (or +removed). + dit(bf(remove)) bf(remove) is identical to bf(install) except that packages are removed instead of installed. If a plus sign is appended to the package name (with no -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2