I’m sorry i know this is a stupid question. Though i now googled quite a bit about that and found different statements. Some said it means to only exclude package “4” others told me that it means all packages that include “4” Can someone explain to me what ^4 actually does here?
Packages to exclude: (eg: "1 2 3", "1-3", "^4" or repo name)
I would interpret this ^4 as “not four”
in other words:
exclude everything but four
exclude one and two and three, but not four
It’s an example for the syntax - there may be more or less packages to choose from.
another variant could be:
^2 - that would mean one and three and four, but not two
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Honestly thank you! That’s the most logical answer i’ve found on this. So i guess you’re right. I mean why would i need “^4” to exclude package #4 if i also can use just “4” and why would i want to exclude several packages that include “4”? That seems so random.
Thanks again.
… it’s just a brief description of the different variants of syntax you can use to choose from whatever list was presented before
what to include, what to exclude - default (when you just hit Enter) should also be listed, can’t remember right now
- you can name each one (first variant)
- you can name a range (second variant)
- you can exclude a specific one (third variant)
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