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authorJulian Andres Klode <julian.klode@canonical.com>2019-08-15 13:40:31 +0200
committerJulian Andres Klode <julian.klode@canonical.com>2019-08-15 20:21:34 +0200
commitc94b507b92b3d833761f3e416d4d5bba709bf87f (patch)
treef6a55dc1c45ecc60cd0a75a08efec1417f60ab1b /doc
parentaf674d82d5cd36e22223ec49675d32adad07e0a9 (diff)
Add ?virtual pattern
This matches any package that does not have versions.
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-rw-r--r--doc/apt-patterns.7.xml5
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diff --git a/doc/apt-patterns.7.xml b/doc/apt-patterns.7.xml
index 2eda77b55..efd4293dc 100644
--- a/doc/apt-patterns.7.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-patterns.7.xml
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@
<varlistentry><term><code>?upgradable</code></term>
<listitem><para>Selects packages that can be upgraded (have a newer candidate).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><code>?virtual</code></term>
+ <listitem><para>Selects all virtual packages; that is packages without a version.
+ These exist when they are referenced somewhere in the archive,
+ for example because something depends on that name.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>