Package: apt Version: 0.7.26~exp3 Severity: normal Hi,
several sources, projects and user use apt/aptitude as user to download debian packages and sources. This usualy involves specifying -c and/or multiple -o options. The problem now is that even with -c the default configuration file is always read and there is no way to prevent that. That results in config options being set that the source, project or user has no control over. Specifically APT::Update::Pre-Invoke::, APT::Update::Post-Invoke::, DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: and so on can contain entries that are unwanted or even break when run as user and there is no way to disable them. There is also the matter of new options beeing added to apt that existing scripts don't know about and therefore won't override. Specifically APT::Architectures:: being set in the default configuration file causes existing scripts to break. And even if the script knows about it the setting can not be overriden. So what I am asking for is an option --default-config-file <file> Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use. The program will read this configuration file instead of the default configuration file. See apt.conf(5) for syntax information. or --no-default-config Do not read the default configuration file from /etc/apt/. MfG Goswin -- Package-specific info: -- (/etc/apt/preferences present, but not submitted) -- -- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) -- -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.31.6-xen-2010.02.18 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2009.01.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.4.3-7 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.4.3-7 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: ii apt-doc 0.7.25.1 Documentation for APT pn aptitude | synaptic | wajig <none> (no description available) ii bzip2 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting file co ii dpkg-dev 1.15.5.6 Debian package development tools ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in pn python-apt <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org