Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Atom matching behavior

[Mike Frysinger]

On Monday 31 July 2006 21:37, Drake Wyrm wrote:
> Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
> > On Monday 31 July 2006 18:48, Brian Harring wrote:
> > > Should be discussed on -dev, not here imo;
> >
> > why ?  short term we're gaining functionality:
> > simply add .*
>
> Just making sure that I understand you... Given the original example
> atom of =foo-1.2*, which currently matches "foo-1.2", and his objection
> that =foo-1.2.* does _not_ match "foo-1.2", you're suggesting that the
> matching engine be modified such that =foo-1.2.* _will_ match "foo-1.2".
> Does that sound about right?

you're assuming =foo-1.* even works ... it doesnt

so no one is using =foo-1.* now

> > if we want to go long term and cut #*, then we can chat on gentoo-dev
>
> Is that from a development version, or have I missed something? I can't
> seem to find atoms with the hash prefix anywhere.

replace the # with a number
-mike