[Aptitude-devel] aptitude ~A question

[steve]

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Hi,

I'm trying to understand why

aptitude search ~Ajessie~i | wc -l
240

is different from

aptitude search ~Astable~i | wc -l
3243

but is the same as

aptitude search ~Ajessie-backports~i | wc -l
240


This is something difficult to interpret and that's the reason I'm
raising this question on aptitude-devel@ (this subject is currently
being discussed on debian-user@ without any success). Reading the docs
and asking search engines hasn't given much unfortunately. May I ask to
explain or point me to a relevant ressource? Code will not help me since
I'm not a developer. 

Thank you.

Best,
Steve