On Monday, 5. March 2012. 10.04.41 Aaron Konstam wrote: > Now the \* comes from a bash rule. If you enter an argument like > python3* bash will try to expand the argument before it is submitted to > yum for processing. Using something like python3\* delays the expansion > of the argument until yum is processing it so other rpms whose names > start with python3 will be downloaded. Umm, now I'm confused. While I do understand what you are trying to say, I see that the outputs of "yum list selinux*" and "yum list selinux\*" are exactly the same: [root@Yoda ~]# yum list selinux* Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Installed Packages selinux-policy.noarch selinux-policy-targeted.noarch Available Packages selinux-policy-doc.noarch selinux-policy-minimum.noarch selinux-policy-mls.noarch [root@Yoda ~]# yum list selinux\* Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Installed Packages selinux-policy.noarch selinux-policy-targeted.noarch Available Packages selinux-policy-doc.noarch selinux-policy-minimum.noarch selinux-policy-mls.noarch Somehow I don't see that in the first case bash performs * substitution rather than passing it to yum literally. The selinux\* case is ok, but the selinux* is not what you say should happen. I agree that in general bash *should* perform the substitution before passing the arguments to yum, but it just doesn't seem to happen in this case. Anybody care to explain why? Best, :-) Marko -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
