From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 10 15:34:11 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA08193 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:34:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA08181 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:34:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10Aj8l-0006Ku-00; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 23:33:55 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-1 [193.114.228.211]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id XAA04534; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 23:33:42 GMT Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA00765; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 23:28:18 GMT (envelope-from marko) Message-ID: <19990210232818.D686@localhost> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 23:28:18 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: David Wolfskill , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Meta-question on searching FreeBSD mail archives References: <199902101817.KAA02951@pau-amma.whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199902101817.KAA02951@pau-amma.whistle.com>; from David Wolfskill on Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 10:17:07AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 10:17:07AM -0800, David Wolfskill wrote: > So... I'm trying to be a "good kid " (well, sometimes) and check the > archives because I came up with an oddity re: the "depends-list" target > for making a port. > > So I tried searching -questions with the expression > > ports and depends-list > > > But of the results I get, few have the expression "depends-list" in > them... but they do seem to have "list" or "depends" in them. > > So is the hyphen being treated as a meta-character? > > I would welcome suggested improvements for search criteria. > > FWIW I found something similar the other day. I was looking for an old message that I knew would contain ``/var/db/pkg''. However entering that string yielded no matches, but var*db*pkg did. Is ``/'' also treated specially? > If I get a significant number of responses that are not copied to the > list, I'll summarize to the list. > > Thanks, > david > -- > David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator > dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message