Bug#478098: apt: sources.list manpage is unclear about sources.list.d
Timothy G Abbott <tabbott@MIT.EDU> writes:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.7.11
> Severity: minor
>
> The man pages for sources.list describes the sources.list.d directory
> as follows:
>
> SOURCES.LIST.D
> The /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory provides a way to add
> sources.list entries in seperate files that end with sources.list
> file.
>
> I think it should be:
>
> SOURCES.LIST.D
> The /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory provides a way to add
> sources.list entries in seperate files whose names end with .list.
>
> since that is more grammatical, and the filename ending seems to only
> need to have .list, not sources.list, for apt to pick up files in
> /etc/apt/sources.list.d.
Could you take the lastest apt sources and produce a diff making the
suggested change?
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