Bug#662762: Regression: Useless warning "Ignoring foo as it is not a regular file"

[David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies+debian@gmail.com>]

2012/3/6 Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>:
> I have tried playing with Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently to turn it off
> without any success.  Could this noise please be removed again?

No, the "noise" will not be removed as many people in an even harsher
wording than yours complained about not complaining about ignored files.

Based on your friendly request i have added the default ignorance of
directories though - as it is already the case for hidden files which is
why .svn and such are 'save' in this regard.

For now, you can do:
echo 'Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "CVS";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99ignore-cvs

[Haven't tested this against apt/sid though, only apt/experimental.]


Best regards

David Kalnischkies