Bug#183088: marked as done (apt: no way mentioned to spit out apt's current configuration)
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From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net>
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Subject: apt: no way mentioned to spit out apt's current configuration
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Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/share/man/man5/apt.conf.5.gz
looking thru many apt man pages, we see we can set config variables
with -o, e.g. apt-cache -o APT::Cache::AllVersions=no show gnucap
however, how are we to find out the current state of all these
variables? the man pages are mum. the best hint we get is on the
apt.conf man page where we are told to see
/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/configure-index.gz
but that is neither complete or the current state.
[Note, don't tell the user to read the source code please.]
the apt.conf man page casually mentions
DEBUG OPTIONS
Most of the options in the debug section are not interesting to the
etc. but doesn't tell one how to spit out the current -o variables state.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux debian 2.4.20-k7 #1 Tue Jan 14 00:29:06 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=zh_TW.Big5, LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.Big5
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-15 The GNU stdc++ library
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From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net>, 183088-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#183088: apt: no way mentioned to spit out apt's current configuration
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On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 06:50:58AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.5.4
> Severity: wishlist
> File: /usr/share/man/man5/apt.conf.5.gz
>
> looking thru many apt man pages, we see we can set config variables
> with -o, e.g. apt-cache -o APT::Cache::AllVersions=no show gnucap
>
> however, how are we to find out the current state of all these
> variables? the man pages are mum. the best hint we get is on the
> apt.conf man page where we are told to see
> /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/configure-index.gz
> but that is neither complete or the current state.
There is in fact an entire man page devoted to exactly this, and it is
referenced in the apt.conf page's SEE ALSO section. man apt-config.
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