Bug#470372: man page for apt-config -o is slightly unclear
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.11
Severity: wishlist
The man page for apt-config(8) says, "This will set an arbitary
configuration option." Since this comes in the context of a tool which
deals with the apt configuration database, it's not totally outlandish
that someone would conclude that they can set persistent apt settings
using this tool; it would be better IMHO if the description said, "This
will set an arbitrary configuration option for the current invocation
of apt-config" or similar text.
Thanks!
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "1";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Acquire "";
APT::Acquire::Translation "environment";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi";
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
# See sources.list(5) for more information
# mplayer & various non-free video codecs:
#deb http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/debian-marillat/ sid main
#deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main
#deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main
# Debian experimental:
#deb http://ftp-atl.osuosl.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp-atl.osuosl.org/debian experimental main
# Debian unstable:
deb http://ftp-atl.osuosl.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp-atl.osuosl.org/debian unstable main
# testing:
#deb http://ftp-atl.osuosl.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp-atl.osuosl.org/debian testing main contrib
# non-free java stuff:
#deb http://jrfonseca.dyndns.org/debian ./
# java again:
#deb http://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/debian unstable non-free
# old mythtv:
#deb http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz/debian unstable mythtv.old
#deb-src http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu/~mdz/debian unstable mythtv.old
# mythtv:
#deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main
#deb-src ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main
# Old version of i810 driver:
#deb-src http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2007/03/10/debian unstable main
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2007.07.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii libc6 2.7-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.3-20080227-1 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.3-20080227-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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