Package: apt Severity: wishlist Use standard error message formatting. Otherwise # apt-config dump E: Syntax error /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10jidanni:11: some problem... Can't be parsed by important editors. Even validate(1) has --[no]emacs (don't) use an output format intended for parsing by (X)Emacs, autodetected. With standard error formatting, one can jump to the problem line in one keystroke.