It's really not a technical issue but an annoyance for a few years now. DNF suggests using wildcards when nothing comes back for a provides search using wildcards..
$ sudo dnf provides '*/purplemonkeydishwasher'
Last metadata expiration check: 1:31:30 ago on Mon 11 Mar 2024 12:53:42 PM GMT.
Error: No matches found. If searching for a file, try specifying the full path or using a wildcard prefix ("*/") at the beginning.
Thank you happy helper! Why didn't I think of that? :)
I'll try to whip up a PR to fix this.
jboero
commented
4 months ago
It's really not a technical issue but an annoyance for a few years now. DNF suggests using wildcards when nothing comes back for a provides search using wildcards..
Thank you happy helper! Why didn't I think of that? :) I'll try to whip up a PR to fix this.