list problem with MacPorts 2.2.0

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Aug 6, 2013, at 09:16, Brandon Allbery wrote:

>> You probably have to escape the asterisk, or your shell will use it to perform filename generation.
> 
> Except that the OP specified the `port` interactive prompt, not the shell. Is that expected to do shell filename generation? (It doesn't seem to here.)

The OP specified that from the `port` interactive prompt it worked as he expected, and that from the shell it did not work as he expected. The difference in behavior is because the shell performs wildcard expansion while the `port` interactive prompt does not.