Package: libapt-pkg-dev Version: 0.7.20.1 Severity: wishlist Sorry, no patch -- I wanted to jot this down before I forgot. Bug me if I haven't sent a patch in a few weeks. ;-)
For the purpose of providing the user with diagnostic information, it would be nice if apt stored some extra data while parsing configuration files. Specifically, configuration items could get a few extra fields: "filename" and "line of file". This would, e.g., let a front-end tell a user that "^linux-image.*" will never be auto-removed because of the setting at line 5 of /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove. Since it changes a structure size, this is an ABI breaker and not appropriate for Lenny. Daniel -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) 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 libapt-pkg-dev depends on: ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6-4.6 0.7.20.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii apt-utils 0.7.20.1 APT utility programs libapt-pkg-dev recommends no packages. libapt-pkg-dev suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
