Chris Bannister wrote: > Three questions (gotta get Monty Python outta this) > > 1) User copies /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf to /etc/apt/apt.conf > and edits to suit? No. That is an example configuration file to illustrate features configuration file and a very few possible features, that you very likely don't want to change. You do not want to copy that blindly to your live configuration. > 2) Some package(s) creates /etc/apt/apt.conf and edits to suit? No again. No package creates /etc/apt/apt.conf that I know about. And if it did then it would be a bug because that is supposed to be reserved for the local sysadmin. If a package did want to create a configuration for apt then it should place a uniquely named file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/packagename instead. > 3) If 2 which package(s)? > > >From man-aptconfig: > > apt-config is an internal program used by various portions > of the APT suite to provide consistent configurability. It > accesses the main configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf in > a manner that is easy to use by scripted applications. It also reads all files in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/* too. Bob
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