Bug#728274: python-apt: apt.conf used from /etc/apt instead of root_dir + etc/apt

[Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>]

On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:31:39AM +0100, Thomas Bechtold wrote:
> On 11/14/2013 08:10 AM, Michael Vogt wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 04:51:58PM +0100, Michael Vogt wrote:
> >> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 08:20:38AM +0100, Thomas Bechtold wrote:
> > [..]
> >> The attached patch should fix this. Thanks David for the reminder
> >> about this. Note that init_config() without the clean() is not helpful
> >> as most of the init config code these days consists of conditional
> >> sets (i.e. will not override existing ones).
> > 
> > If this works as expected for you I will merge it into python-apt.
> > 
> >> Later Versions of apt have a global Clear(), we should probably use
> >> that once bindings are added.
> > 
> > Attached is a patch that adds support for the Clear() without a
> > subtree. The downside is that it needs apt >= 0.9.11 to build. If that
> > is a concern for backports I could springle in some #ifdefs.
> 
> The patch works for me. Thanks!

Great thanks, I merged it into the git repository and it will be part
of the next upload.

Cheers,
 Michael