[Bug 1612013] Re: apt search "-package" causes a segfault

[Julian Andres Klode]

Note that you cannot search package names starting with a -, as that is
a special character for starting single character options (like -t).

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Title:
  apt search "-package" causes a segfault

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in apt source package in Trusty:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  user at hostname:~$ apt search -theme
  Sorting... Error!
  Full Text Search... 50%          // hangs here until a ^C
  ^C                               // hangs for about a second here
  Segmentation fault (core dumped) // the result

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-92.139-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-92-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Aug 10 18:46:40 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-04 (707 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140807.1)
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-12-22 (232 days ago)

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