Bug#311347: apt: [apt-get] Option --config-file signals error when there is none

[Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.28.6
Severity: normal

This command:

  apt-get -c /etc/apt/sources.list update

gives error:

  E: Syntax error /etc/apt/sources.list:10: Extra junk at end of file

but the file structure is perfect:

     # nl -ba /etc/apt/sources.list
     1  #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main
     2  
     3  deb http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ testing main
     4  deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ testing main
     5  
     6  deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main
     7  
     8  deb http://deb.opera.com/opera unstable non-free
     9  deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main

Whereas plain "apt-get update" works fine.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                     1:3.4.3-13   GCC support library
ii  libstdc++5                  1:3.3.6-5    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

-- no debconf information