Bug#154804: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#154804: apt: Does not report syntax error Acquire:cdrom:Mount "/mnt/cdrom";)

[John Dalbec <jdalbec@cboss.com>]

On Tuesday, July 30, 2002, at 12:33 AM, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 22:21:16 -0600 (MDT)
> From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>
> Subject: Re: Bug#154804: apt: Does not report syntax error 
> Acquire:cdrom:Mount
>  "/mnt/cdrom";
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> On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, John Dalbec wrote:
>
> > in a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d, apt silently ignores it.
> > Apt should report a syntax error since the line should have :: instead 
> > of :.
>
> A single : is legal in an identifier.

Where would you use a single : in an option name?  All of the single : 
in /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/configure-index.gz are in option values.
How about a warning like "unrecognized option Acquire:cdrom:Mount"?
John
> Jason