Bug#657441: marked as done (apt: Error msg mentions nonexistant config file "apt.conf")
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has caused the Debian Bug report #657441,
regarding apt: Error msg mentions nonexistant config file "apt.conf"
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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
-- debconf-show failed
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--- Begin Message ---
Hi
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:23, Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@hist.no> wrote:
> 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 error message is:
> E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room. Please increase the size of APT::Cache-Limit. Current value: 32505856. (man 5 apt.conf)
(taken from your other bugreport).
It says that you have to increase the limit. It also says where you can find
help regarding this option and how to increase it.
It doesn't specify a filename.
Reading the manpage would have told you how and where you can create
a file which will be accepted by APT as a configuration file.
> The limit turned out to be in the file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80aptcachelimit
This is a choose-your-own-adventure problem. This file isn't created by APT
nor by another package, its creator can only be seen if you place yourself
in front of a mirror.
Hence, i am closing this bugreport (too) as the error message doesn't do
what this bugreport claims it would do: There is no mentioning of a file
named apt.conf, there is just a reference to a manpage with this name.
Best regards
David Kalnischkies
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