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If you try to install libc++-dev and that package doesn't exist for whatever reason, you probably want an error message, not a regex match to libc-dev. Interpre
by geofft 7y ago
If you try to install libc++-dev and that package doesn't exist for whatever reason, you probably want an error message, not a regex match to libc-dev. Interpreting the argument as a regex violates the principle of least astonishment.
- CJefferson 7y agoI always get confused how trying to install clang++ spews out a hundred messages about how it matches a huge number of packages. Fortunately they conflict, so it doesn't then try to actually install them.
- julian-klode 7y agoWow, that's a good example I did not have on my mind, but it's entirely the reason why I made that change.