plocate -r says invalid option -- 'r'

[Marius Gedminas]

$ plocate --help
...
  -r, --regexp interpret patterns as basic regexps (slow)
...

$ plocate -r xyzzy
plocate: invalid option -- 'r'

Note that `plocate --regexp xyzzy` works fine.

This is fixed in some upstream version (I tested by pulling in a docker image of debian/sid, which has plocate 1.0.7).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: plocate 1.0.4-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-26.27-generic 5.8.14
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Nov 6 19:52:49 2020
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-06-12 (512 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
SourcePackage: plocate
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-10-23 (14 days ago)

[Marius Gedminas (mgedmin)]

This is fixed in upstream version 1.0.5, with this commit: https://git.sesse.net/?p=plocate;a=commitdiff;h=f7dddf5cd31d26be12c4c4d718d257fe012fe368

Looking at https://sources.debian.org/src/plocate/1.0.7-1/debian/changelog/ I think there may be some other changes worth SRUing:
- make /etc/cron.daily/plocate cleanly if the package has been removed (in 1.0.5-3)
- Remove locate alternative when package is removed (in prerm) (in 1.0.6-1).

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

all supported releases of Ubuntu containing plocate have plocate >= 1.0.5, marking resolved.