Fix build trailing * display

libmamba/src/solver/problems_graph.cpp

@@ -1322,18 +1322,28 @@ namespace mamba::solver
             return arr;
         }
 
-        auto rstrip_excessive_free(std::string_view str) -> std::string_view
-        {
-            str = util::rstrip(str);
-            str = util::remove_suffix(str, specs::GlobSpec::free_pattern);
-            str = util::rstrip(str);
-            for (const auto& suffix : sorted_suffix(specs::VersionSpec::all_free_strs))
-            {
-                str = util::remove_suffix(str, suffix);
-            }
-            str = util::rstrip(str);
-            return str;
-        }
+        // Single dependency with only name constraint often end up looking like
+        // ``python =* *`` so `rstrip_excessive_free` was used to strip all this.
+        // Best would be to handle this with a richer NamedList that contains
+        // ``VersionSpecs`` to avoid flaky reliance on string modification.
+
+        // As `rstrip_excessive_free` side effect was to strip `*` from a regex,
+        // (which is not wanted and confusing when trying to understand the
+        // unsolvability problems), it is not used anymore on `vers_builds_trunc`.
+        // But we still keep it uncommented for a while (in case we need to
+        // restore it later).
+        // auto rstrip_excessive_free(std::string_view str) -> std::string_view
+        // {
+        //     str = util::rstrip(str);
+        //     str = util::remove_suffix(str, specs::GlobSpec::free_pattern);
+        //     str = util::rstrip(str);
+        //     for (const auto& suffix : sorted_suffix(specs::VersionSpec::all_free_strs))
+        //     {
+        //         str = util::remove_suffix(str, suffix);
+        //     }
+        //     str = util::rstrip(str);
+        //     return str;
+        // }
 
         void TreeExplainer::write_pkg_dep(const TreeNode& tn)
         {
@@ -1348,11 +1358,7 @@ namespace mamba::solver
             }
             else
             {
-                // Single dependency with only name constraint often end up looking like
-                // ``python =* *`` so we strip all this.
-                // Best would be to handle this with a richer NamedList that contains
-                // ``VersionSpecs`` to avoid flaky reliance on string modification.
-                const auto relevant_vers_builds_trunc = rstrip_excessive_free(vers_builds_trunc);
+                const auto relevant_vers_builds_trunc = vers_builds_trunc;
                 if (relevant_vers_builds_trunc.empty())
                 {
                     write(fmt::format(style, "{}", edges.name()));

libmamba/tests/src/solver/libsolv/test_solver.cpp

@@ -1097,5 +1097,33 @@ TEST_SUITE("solver::libsolv::solver")
             CHECK_EQ(std::get<Solution::Install>(solution.actions.front()).install.build_string, "bld");
             CHECK_EQ(std::get<Solution::Install>(solution.actions.front()).install.build_number, 4);
         }
+
+        SUBCASE("foo[version='=*,=*', build='pyhd*']")
+        {
+            auto pkg = PackageInfo("foo");
+            pkg.version = "=*,=*";
+            pkg.build_string = "pyhd*";
+
+            db.add_repo_from_packages(std::array{ pkg });
+
+            auto request = Request{
+                /* .flags= */ {},
+                /* .jobs= */ { Request::Install{ "foo[version='=*,=*', build='pyhd*']"_ms } },
+            };
+            const auto outcome = libsolv::Solver().solve(db, request);
+
+            REQUIRE(outcome.has_value());
+            REQUIRE(std::holds_alternative<libsolv::UnSolvable>(outcome.value()));
+
+            const auto& unsolvable = std::get<libsolv::UnSolvable>(outcome.value());
+            const auto problems_explained = unsolvable.explain_problems(db, {});
+            // To avoid mismatch due to color formatting, we perform the check by splitting the
+            // output following the format
+            CHECK(util::contains(problems_explained, "foo =*,=* pyhd*"));
+            CHECK(util::contains(
+                problems_explained,
+                "does not exist (perhaps a typo or a missing channel)."
+            ));
+        }
     }
 }