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Re: Bug#102423: no errors on invalid syntax in /etc/apt/preferences



On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Wichert Akkerman wrote:

> If there is a syntax or other error in the preferences file apt
> silently ignores it, which makes it extremely hard to debug
> problems.

All syntax errors are detected. Problems related to misnamed fields,
non-existant packages, non-existing version spects, etc are ignored as you
would expect.

Jason




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