On Tuesday, July 30, 2002, at 12:33 AM, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 22:21:16 -0600 (MDT)
From: Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bug#154804: apt: Does not report syntax error
Acquire:cdrom:Mount
"/mnt/cdrom";
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On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, John Dalbec wrote:
in a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d, apt silently ignores it.
Apt should report a syntax error since the line should have :: instead
of :.
A single : is legal in an identifier.
Where would you use a single : in an option name? All of the single :
in /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/configure-index.gz are in option values.
How about a warning like "unrecognized option Acquire:cdrom:Mount"?
John
Jason
