Package: apt Version: 0.7.11 Severity: wishlist The man page for apt-config(8) says, "This will set an arbitary configuration option." Since this comes in the context of a tool which deals with the apt configuration database, it's not totally outlandish that someone would conclude that they can set persistent apt settings using this tool; it would be better IMHO if the description said, "This will set an arbitrary configuration option for the current invocation of apt-config" or similar text. Thanks!
-- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "1"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- # See sources.list(5) for more information # mplayer & various non-free video codecs: #deb http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/debian-marillat/ sid main #deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main #deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main # Debian experimental: #deb http://ftp-atl.osuosl.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free #deb-src http://ftp-atl.osuosl.org/debian experimental main # Debian unstable: deb http://ftp-atl.osuosl.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp-atl.osuosl.org/debian unstable main # testing: #deb http://ftp-atl.osuosl.org/debian testing main contrib non-free #deb-src http://ftp-atl.osuosl.org/debian testing main contrib # non-free java stuff: #deb http://jrfonseca.dyndns.org/debian ./ # java again: #deb http://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/debian unstable non-free # old mythtv: #deb http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz/debian unstable mythtv.old #deb-src http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz/debian unstable mythtv.old # mythtv: #deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main #deb-src ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main # Old version of i810 driver: #deb-src http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2007/03/10/debian unstable main -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2007.07.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.7-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.3-20080227-1 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.3-20080227-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
