Search misses matching packages

For me NFS seems to match nfs-common (it is the fourth element in the search results), however it's not shown by default, I had to click Show technical items on the bottom of the pane to see it, otherwise I had only three results, and nfs-common was not there. Did you try the show technical items link in the bottom left corner? If you did try it and you didn't see nfs-common, this is a strange issue (as it happens for you, but it doesn't happen for me), but if you didn't try the link, than you probably have the same issue as the one reported in bug #985963.

You're right. I didn't see the option at the bottom until now.

John

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:36 AM, Robert Roth <email address hidden> wrote:
> For me NFS seems to match nfs-common (it is the fourth element in the
> search results), however it's not shown by default, I had to click Show
> technical items on the bottom of the pane to see it, otherwise I had
> only three results, and nfs-common was not there. Did you try the show
> technical items link in the bottom left corner? If you did try it and
> you didn't see nfs-common, this is a strange issue (as it happens for
> you, but it doesn't happen for me), but if you didn't try the link, than
> you probably have the same issue as the one reported in bug #985963.
>
> ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> Title:
>  Search misses matching packages
>
> Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
>  Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>  I 'm having a NFS problem after upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10 so I
>  searched for "nfs". I get a few matches but nothing helpful. Finally I
>  found what I needed, the nfs-common package. Searching for "nfs"
>  (without the quotes, obviously) doesn't match a package named "nfs-
>  common"??
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>  Package: software-center 5.0.6
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic-pae 3.0.22
>  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic-pae i686
>  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
>  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
>  Architecture: i386
>  Date: Fri Apr  6 11:40:42 2012
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
>  PackageArchitecture: all
>  ProcEnviron:
>   PATH=(custom, user)
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  SourcePackage: software-center
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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Thank you, johnmudd and Robert. I'll just mark this bug as a duplicate of bug 985963 for tracking purposes.

Your help is much appreciated!