Add ?virtual pattern

This matches any package that does not have versions.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/apt-pkg/cachefilter-patterns.cc b/apt-pkg/cachefilter-patterns.cc
index f078924ff..986faaf52 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/cachefilter-patterns.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/cachefilter-patterns.cc
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ std::unique_ptr<APT::CacheFilter::Matcher> PatternParser::aPattern(std::unique_p
       return std::make_unique<APT::CacheFilter::TrueMatcher>();
    if (node->matches("?upgradable", 0, 0))
       return std::make_unique<Patterns::PackageIsUpgradable>(file);
+   if (node->matches("?virtual", 0, 0))
+      return std::make_unique<Patterns::PackageIsVirtual>();
    if (node->matches("?x-name-fnmatch", 1, 1))
       return std::make_unique<APT::CacheFilter::PackageNameMatchesFnmatch>(aWord(node->arguments[0]));
 
diff --git a/apt-pkg/cachefilter-patterns.h b/apt-pkg/cachefilter-patterns.h
index 993839425..d37da815f 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/cachefilter-patterns.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/cachefilter-patterns.h
@@ -221,6 +221,14 @@ struct PackageIsUpgradable : public PackageMatcher
       return Pkg->CurrentVer != 0 && (*Cache)[Pkg].Upgradable();
    }
 };
+
+struct PackageIsVirtual : public PackageMatcher
+{
+   bool operator()(pkgCache::PkgIterator const &Pkg) override
+   {
+      return Pkg->VersionList == 0;
+   }
+};
 } // namespace Patterns
 } // namespace Internal
 } // namespace APT