Bug#657441: apt: Error msg mentions nonexistant config file "apt.conf"

[Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@hist.no>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.8.15.9
Severity: minor

Apt crashed when "Dynamic MMap ran out of room". The error message suggested
increasing the Cache-Limit in "apt.conf", and also referred to the man page
for "apt-conf". Now, that man page exists, but not the file itself.

The limit turned out to be in the file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80aptcachelimit

There is a trend towards splitting config files into
small machine-manipulatable files. That may be useful, but please update
the documentation (and error messages) when doing so.

There is no "apt.conf". The error message could mention the
correct file. The man page ought to be for "apt.conf.d" which
exists, not for the historical but nonexistent "apt.conf". Or for
both, if "apt.conf" will work if it exists.


-- Package-specific info:

-- (/etc/apt/preferences present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (800, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2010.08.28
ii  gnupg                   1.4.11-3
ii  libc6                   2.13-24
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.6.2-11
ii  libstdc++6              4.6.2-11
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3

apt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages apt suggests:
ii  apt-doc     <none>
ii  aptitude    0.6.4-1.2
ii  bzip2       1.0.6-1
ii  dpkg-dev    1.16.1.2
ii  lzma        <none>
ii  python-apt  0.8.0
ii  synaptic    0.75.4

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