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@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ hyphen is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the
identified package will be removed if it is installed. This latter feature
may be used to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict resolution system.
+If no package matches the given expression and the expression contains one
+of '.', '?' or '*' then it is assumed to be a POSIX regex and it is applied
+to all package names in the database. Any matches are then installed (or
+removed).
+
dit(bf(remove))
bf(remove) is identical to bf(install) except that packages are removed
instead of installed. If a plus sign is appended to the package name (with no