Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 14:56:16 -0800 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, ports@FreeBSD.org, jkh@FreeBSD.org, Edwin Groothuis <mavetju@chello.nl> Subject: Re: Request for comments [Fwd: bin/24695: [patch] pkg_info: prefix search for a package] Message-ID: <8064.981413776@winston.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> of "Tue, 06 Feb 2001 00:38:28 %2B0200." <20010206003828.A17885@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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> But do you really mean regexp-style wildcards, or merely shell-globbing > wildcards? If it's just shell globbing, that's much easier to do - > just an additional fnmatch() call. Well, I could go both ways. People are generally a lot more familiar with shell globbing syntax and tend to understand "*foo*" over ".*foo.*" (unless they're regexp weenies like me) but regexps are far more powerful and also delight the engineers. Maybe make it an option. ;) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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