* cmdline/apt-get.cc:

  - fix InstallTask code when a pkgRecord ends
    with a single '\n' (thanks to Soren Hansen for reporting)

diff --cc cmdline/apt-get.cc
index 554677f39da64df196fe2f5bd4b4a167d3c88873,554677f39da64df196fe2f5bd4b4a167d3c88873..7aea9edb323c5ac4cc374d75ee21620153f68894
--- 1/cmdline/apt-get.cc
--- 2/cmdline/apt-get.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
@@@ -1519,7 -1519,7 +1519,7 @@@ bool TryInstallTask(pkgDepCache &Cache
  
     // build regexp for the task
     char S[300];
--   snprintf(S, sizeof(S), "^Task:.*[^a-z]%s[^a-z].*\n", taskname);
++   snprintf(S, sizeof(S), "^Task:.*[^a-z\n]%s[^a-z].*$", taskname);
     regcomp(&Pattern,S, REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB | REG_NEWLINE);
     
     bool found = false;

diff --cc debian/changelog
index ea8113e95d3ca973d7842a4cfe1e5015ac25563c,41609bd743fae69e48c1296197873df0a4e5bae4..6196e02ba7af566de456022e258f46426a002fa6
--- 1/debian/changelog
--- 2/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@@ -1,12 -1,3 +1,15 @@@
 +apt (0.7.3) unstable; urgency=low
 +
 +  * fixed compile errors with g++ 7.3 (thanks to 
 +    Daniel Burrows, closes: #429378)
 +  * fix FTFBFS by changing build-depends to
 +    libcurl4-gnutls-dev (closes: #428363)
++  * cmdline/apt-get.cc:
++    - fix InstallTask code when a pkgRecord ends 
++      with a single '\n' (thanks to Soren Hansen for reporting)
 +
 + --
 +
  apt (0.7.2) unstable; urgency=low
    
    * merged the debian/experimental changes back