file name globbing is severely broken
Bug #1068612 reported by
Chris Peach
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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wajig (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
This happened with the wajig version (2.2) that comes with Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 LTS, fully updated:
When trying to remove old Linux kernels with build numbers 20..29 (but wanting to keep those with build numbers 30..32), I issued this command line in the bash shell:
wajig remove linux-image-
Unfortunately, the asterisk did not work as expected, and wajig offered to remove _all_ Linux kernels from the system, including the packages linux-image-
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It seems this is a property of apt-get, so wajig is not to blame here.