microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Winget shows wrong package id with name
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Description
Brief description of your issue
I'm dependent on winget to list the version numbers of a package for me, right now Python.
When I use winget list it shows me all the Python versions installed, however I need to know if an exact version of Python has been installed as well, hence the use of winget list -e. (ps. the issue also already persists in the winget list as shown below)

This however returns an unexpected result:

Instead of getting the message: No installed package found matching input criteria. I am now dumbfounded with a python 2.7.14 having an Id of Python.Python.3.9
Steps to reproduce
- run:
winget install --id=Python.Python.2 -e - run:
winget list --id=Python.Python.3.9 -e
Expected behavior
return:
Name Id Version Available Source
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Python 2.7.14 (64-bit) Python.Python.2 < 3.12.0a1 3.12.0a5 winget
Actual behavior
return
Name Id Version Available Source
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Python 2.7.14 (64-bit) Python.Python.3.9 < 3.9.0 3.9.13 winget
Environment
Windows Package Manager v1.4.10173
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22000.1574
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.19.10173.0
Logs: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir
User Settings: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
Links
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License Agreement https://aka.ms/winget-license
Third Party Notices https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Homepage https://aka.ms/winget
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the two commands from the issue on the stated Windows Package Manager version and compare the reported package ID with the installed package. Trace the list command's exact-ID matching and package metadata lookup; done means an exact search for Python.Python.3.9 no longer reports the installed Python 2.7.14 package.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100