- urpmf:

  o display a warning when searching "xxx(yyy)" since it is handled as a
    regexp and so the parentheses are useless. suggest using --literal

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d76fb2bd..cedf5c63 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 - urpmf:
   o add special code for --files simple case, it makes urpmf 3x faster for
     this often used case
+  o display a warning when searching "xxx(yyy)" since it is handled as a
+    regexp and so the parentheses are useless. suggest using --literal
 - urpmq:
   o add --provides
   o fix option -a : display packages of all compatible archs (#36942)
diff --git a/urpm/args.pm b/urpm/args.pm
index de7c6a58..b676a891 100644
--- a/urpm/args.pm
+++ b/urpm/args.pm
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ sub add_urpmf_parameter {
     if ($::literal) {
 	$p = quotemeta $p;
     } else {
+	$p =~ /\([^?|]*\)$/ and $urpm->{error}(N("by default urpmf awaits a regexp. you should use option \"--literal\"")); 
 	push @::raw_non_literals, $p;
 	# quote "+" chars for packages with + in their names
 	$p =~ s/\+/\\+/g;