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



On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Jeff Sheinberg wrote:

> 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? 

This is debconf silently adding those lines and debconf was probably
automatically installed because of some other debconf using package.

If you don't like that you'll have to the debconf author.

Jason


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