Bug#345901: marked as done ([doc] unclear whether contents of apt.conf are case-sensitive)
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- To: submit@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: [doc] unclear whether contents of apt.conf are case-sensitive
- From: Vincent McIntyre <Vince.McIntyre@atnf.csiro.au>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 16:20:00 +1100 (EST)
- Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0601041610080.9757@bedlam.atnf.CSIRO.AU>
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.28.6
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
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When I come to upgrade some of my machines from woody to sarge, and want
to upgrade aptitude as the first step, in some cases aptitude wants to
remove over 100 packages, in other cases, only 1.
This lead me to check how aptitude examines the apt.conf file.
When I wanted to know whether aptitude was ignoring the apt.conf settings,
APT::Cache-Limit "12500000";
Aptitude::Keep-Suggests "true";
Aptitude::Delete-Unused "false";
I noticed this:
% strings `which aptitude` | grep -i delete-
aptitude::Delete-Unused
aptitude::Delete-Unused-Pattern
while the Aptitude documentation (/usr/share/doc/aptitude/html/en/) talks about
Aptitude::Delete-Unused
Aptitude::Delete-Unused-Pattern
I couldn't find a clear statement in the various bits of documentation
whether the apt.conf configuration items are case-sensitive or not.
I took a look at the apt and aptitude source and from what I can see
(Configuration::Lookup in apt-0.5.28.6/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc)
the matching is case-insensitive (which is the way that makes sense).
The patch to the manpage below reflects this. Please consider applying it.
--- apt-0.5.28.6/doc/apt.conf.5.xml.orig 2006-01-04 15:47:18.000000000 +1100
+++ apt-0.5.28.6/doc/apt.conf.5.xml 2006-01-04 15:49:38.000000000 +1100
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
<filename>&docdir;examples/apt.conf</filename> &configureindex;
is a good guide for how it should look.</para>
+ <para>The names of the configuration items are not case-sensitive.</para>
+
<para>Two specials are allowed, <literal>#include</literal> and <literal>#clear</literal>
<literal>#include</literal> will include the given file, unless the filename
ends in a slash, then the whole directory is included.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Cache-Limit "12500000";
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::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";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
Aptitude "";
Aptitude::Keep-Suggests "true";
Aptitude::Delete-Unused "false";
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
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 1:3.3.5-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
-- no debconf information
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Source: apt
Source-Version: 0.7.17~exp1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
apt, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
apt-doc_0.7.17~exp1_all.deb
to pool/main/a/apt/apt-doc_0.7.17~exp1_all.deb
apt-transport-https_0.7.17~exp1_i386.deb
to pool/main/a/apt/apt-transport-https_0.7.17~exp1_i386.deb
apt-utils_0.7.17~exp1_i386.deb
to pool/main/a/apt/apt-utils_0.7.17~exp1_i386.deb
apt_0.7.17~exp1.dsc
to pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.7.17~exp1.dsc
apt_0.7.17~exp1.tar.gz
to pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.7.17~exp1.tar.gz
apt_0.7.17~exp1_i386.deb
to pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.7.17~exp1_i386.deb
libapt-pkg-dev_0.7.17~exp1_i386.deb
to pool/main/a/apt/libapt-pkg-dev_0.7.17~exp1_i386.deb
libapt-pkg-doc_0.7.17~exp1_all.deb
to pool/main/a/apt/libapt-pkg-doc_0.7.17~exp1_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 345901@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
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Luca Bruno <lethalman88@gmail.com> (supplier of updated apt package)
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Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:17:46 +0200
Source: apt
Binary: apt apt-doc libapt-pkg-dev libapt-pkg-doc apt-utils apt-transport-https
Architecture: source all i386
Version: 0.7.17~exp1
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: low
Maintainer: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Luca Bruno <lethalman88@gmail.com>
Description:
apt - Advanced front-end for dpkg
apt-doc - Documentation for APT
apt-transport-https - APT https transport
apt-utils - APT utility programs
libapt-pkg-dev - Development files for APT's libapt-pkg and libapt-inst
libapt-pkg-doc - Documentation for APT development
Closes: 345901 392063
Changes:
apt (0.7.17~exp1) experimental; urgency=low
.
[ Luca Bruno ]
* Fix typos:
- apt-pkg/depcache.cc
* Fix compilation warnings:
- apt-pkg/acquire.cc
- apt-pkg/versionmatch.cc
* Compilation fixes and portability improvement for compiling APT against non-GNU libc
(thanks to Martin Koeppe, closes: #392063):
- buildlib/apti18n.h.in:
+ textdomain() and bindtextdomain() must not be visible when --disable-nls
- buildlib/inttypes.h.in: undefine standard int*_t types
- Append INTLLIBS to SLIBS:
+ cmdline/makefile
+ ftparchive/makefile
+ methods/makefile
* doc/apt.conf.5.xml:
- clarify whether configuration items of apt.conf are case-sensitive
(thanks to Vincent McIntyre, closes: #345901)
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