Bug#49625: apt: Is not `/etc/apt/apt.conf' a conffile?

[Jeff Sheinberg <jeffsh@erols.com>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.13
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

When I upgraded to this version of apt, apt silently appended
these lines,

    // Pre-configure all packages before they are installed.
    DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"dpkg-preconfig --apt";};

to my `/etc/apt/apt.conf' file.  Shouldn't this apt.conf be a
conffile? 

Thanks,
-- 
Jeff Sheinberg  <jeffsh@erols.com>


-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux eden-hda7 2.0.36 #6 Fri Oct 29 14:38:43 EDT 1999 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6           2.1.2-9        GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone
ii  libstdc++2.10   2.95.2-2       The GNU stdc++ library