Bug#295069: Verbose / debug options hard to find if present at all
On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 01:16:55PM +0100, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.5.27
> Severity: minor
>
> I tried finding out why apt-get source doesn't work for me (bug report
> on its way), but couldn't, even after looking at like 4 apt manpages
> (apt, apt-get, apt.conf, apt_preferences), find any option/flag to ask
> apt-get to be more verbose at what's going on.
>
> An exhaustive list of config options would be nice too in some manpage,
> so one can search through it and find the options one needs.
The manpage for apt.conf points to
/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/configure-index.gz which gives you a list
with all available configuration options. This includes the debug
options.
Cheers,
Michael
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