Bug#956390: aptitude -o complains about empty value

2021-05-26 Thread Dmitry Alexandrov
David Kalnischkies wrote: > That said, it might make sense to be able to set an empty value from the > cmdline, yes, but apt doesn't have a way for it either It seems, that tools from apt package now (ver. 2.2.3) _do_ allow to unset an apt.conf(5) option by using `-o`: $ apt-cache poli

Bug#956390: aptitude -o complains about empty value

2020-04-10 Thread David Kalnischkies
Hi, On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 04:54:26PM +0200, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > when I want to clear a config value, aptitude complains about syntax: (beware, not an aptitude dev – "just" an apt dev) > # aptitude -o Acquire::http::Proxy= install > -o requires an argument of the form key=value, got

Bug#956390: aptitude -o complains about empty value

2020-04-10 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
Package: aptitude Version: 0.8.11-7 when I want to clear a config value, aptitude complains about syntax: # aptitude -o Acquire::http::Proxy= install -o requires an argument of the form key=value, got Acquire::http::Proxy= this can be worked around with quoting empty quotes, e.g.: # aptitude -