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From: "Nellis, Kenneth" <Kenneth DOT Nellis AT xerox DOT com>
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Subject: RE: Odd package search behaviour: \+\+\.la
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 17:23:19 +0000
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From: Achim Gratz 
> Adam Dinwoodie writes:
> > However, if I search for `libstdc\+\+\.la`, despite this being just the
> > full name of the file that is being matched above, I get no results[1]!
> 
> You'll notice that if you simply search for libstdc++.la you'll get the
> result you seem to want, so there is some auto-escaping going on that
> doesn't appear to be described anywhere.

So, which regex syntax does the web page want: regular, extended (-E),
or Perl (-P)? The web page should specify which or, better yet, allow us
to specify which.

--Ken Nellis


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