[Bug 848668] [NEW] apt-get remove breaks system when removing Wine

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Hi,

I discovered a possible bug in the apt-get remove command, it actually
broke my whole system, and removed all my packages.

I was trying to remove Wine 1.3 devel from my machine. This package
contains several other packages such as winetricks. So instead of
removing them one-by-one, I ran the following command:

sudo apt-get remove win*

I double checked before this, by hitting the TAB twice after typing
"win". There was supposed to be only 3 packages here. But after
submitting the command, it actually started removing packages like:
gtk+, gwibber, then the kernels, evolution etc. At this time it was too
late to cancel the procedure. There were no entries in the bootloader
after reboot, only Windows was still present (I was on dual-boot).

The "win*" expression should cover only those packages those name is
starting with win. Instead it considered * to be for every package.

Note: I had several PPA's added to my repositories, including the
official Wine PPA. But don't think this has anything to do with this
issue.


I was using:
* Ubuntu 11.04 32-bit with latest updates and patches installed as of 09/12/2011
* Official wine repository: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
* Wine 1.3.28 devel : sudo apt-get install wine1.3

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: natty
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apt-get remove breaks system when removing Wine
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/848668
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