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diff --git a/apt-pkg/policy.cc b/apt-pkg/policy.cc
index 4e4077feb..4fc272a74 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/policy.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/policy.cc
@@ -216,10 +216,22 @@ void pkgPolicy::CreatePin(pkgVersionMatch::MatchType Type,string Name,
P->Data = Data;
return;
}
+
+ // Allow pinning by wildcards
+ // TODO: Maybe we should always prefer specific pins over non-
+ // specific ones.
+ if (Name[0] == '/' || Name.find_first_of("*[?") != string::npos)
+ {
+ pkgVersionMatch match(Data, Type);
+ for (pkgCache::GrpIterator G = Cache->GrpBegin(); G.end() != true; ++G)
+ if (match.ExpressionMatches(Name, G.Name()))
+ CreatePin(Type, G.Name(), Data, Priority);
+ return;
+ }
// Get a spot to put the pin
pkgCache::GrpIterator Grp = Cache->FindGrp(Name);
- for (pkgCache::PkgIterator Pkg = Grp.FindPkg("any");
+ for (pkgCache::PkgIterator Pkg = Grp.PackageList();
Pkg.end() != true; Pkg = Grp.NextPkg(Pkg))
{
Pin *P = 0;