[Bug 2064905] [NEW] Dubious output when using regex with apt-cache search

[Siddh Raman Pant]

Public bug reported:

In a noble VM, I wanted to search only for bindgen package, so I tried
the following:

$ apt-cache search ^bindgen$
bindgen - Automatically generate Rust FFI bindings to C and C++ libraries
bindgen-0.65 - Automatically generates Rust FFI bindings to C and C++ libraries

Why is bindgen-0.65 listed? $ should match with the EOL (man page does
indeed refer to regex(7)).

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


** Tags: noble

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Title:
  Dubious output when using regex with apt-cache search

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  In a noble VM, I wanted to search only for bindgen package, so I tried
  the following:

  $ apt-cache search ^bindgen$
  bindgen - Automatically generate Rust FFI bindings to C and C++ libraries
  bindgen-0.65 - Automatically generates Rust FFI bindings to C and C++ libraries

  Why is bindgen-0.65 listed? $ should match with the EOL (man page does
  indeed refer to regex(7)).

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