Bug#70013: marked as done (apt: ignores "-c=/other/config/file" parameter when no sources.list present)
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From: Jens Benecke <jens@pinguin.conetix.de>
Subject: apt: ignores "-c=/other/config/file" parameter when no sources.list present
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Package: apt
Version: 0.3.19
Severity: normal
I have two sources.list files: sources.stable and sources.unstable.
Whenever I _need_ some woody package I try sources.unstable and see what
else would be upgraded, and then decide. For that I have set bash aliases,
with proper parameters.
The trouble is that apt-get ignores the proposed "-c=other-config-file"
option. Like this:
ds9:/etc/apt# apt-get install fmt
E: Opening /etc/apt/sources.list - ifstream::ifstream (2 Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
(which is normal, since only *stable and *unstable exist.) But:
ds9:/etc/apt# apt-get -c=/etc/apt/sources.stable install fmt
E: Opening /etc/apt/sources.list - ifstream::ifstream (2 Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
sources.stable is present and readable, and it still cannot read them. Also
if an empty sources.list exists, it will ignore the -c parameter and
refuse to read the additional source lists.
I suppose not working without a *.list file is a "feature", according to
the man page - but ignoring the -c options should not be.
-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Kernel Version: Linux server 2.2.16-9mdk #1 Wed Aug 2 13:30:35 CEST 2000 i586 unknown
Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.3-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii libstdc++2.10 2.95.2-13 The GNU stdc++ library
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From: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
To: Jens Benecke <jens@pinguin.conetix.de>, 70013-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#70013: apt: ignores "-c=/other/config/file" parameter when no sources.list present
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> The trouble is that apt-get ignores the proposed "-c=other-config-file"
> option. Like this:
> ds9:/etc/apt# apt-get -c=/etc/apt/sources.stable install fmt
> E: Opening /etc/apt/sources.list - ifstream::ifstream (2 Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden)
> E: The list of sources could not be read.
>
> sources.stable is present and readable, and it still cannot read them. Also
> if an empty sources.list exists, it will ignore the -c parameter and
> refuse to read the additional source lists.
-c is for the config file (/etc/apt/apt.conf). this is a source list file...
try:
apt-get -o Dir::Etc::sourcelist=/etc/apt/sources.stable install fmt
randolph
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