Re: aptitude and /etc/apt/apt.conf.d

[Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl>]

On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 14:49:43 -0500, Juergen Fiedler wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Does aptitude read /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/*? I have seen a few scripts
> that seem to rely on that, yet it doesn't seem to be the case for me.
> 
> If I, for example,
> 
>   echo 'Aptitude::Recommends-Important "false";'>>\
>      /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/recommends.conf
> 
> and try to install minicom, aptitude will try to also install lrzsz.
> If I append the same string to /etc/apt/apt.conf, lrzsz (only being a
> recommendation) will not be installed. 
> This works like that for me on both etch and sid. Is it something I am
> doing or does aptitude really not read /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/*?

AFAIK, aptitude only reads ~/.aptitude/config, /etc/apt/apt.conf, and
/usr/share/aptitude/aptitude-defaults.

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Regards,
          Florian