Re: Where is /etc/apt/apt.conf ?
Dear Developers and maintainers,
Apt is the culprit.
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=116715&p=550260#p550260
Thank you for helping me.
Regards,
Rajib Bandopadhyay
On 15/08/2014, Rajib Bandopadhyay <bkpsusmitaa@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Sir,
> I am very glad that you have taken so much of your precious time to
> attend to my queries.
> However, my main query remain:
>> Moreover, I have read the man pages but could not make out where
>> "apt-config dump" is getting its information"APT::Default-Release
>> "wheezy";" from, because I have deprecated that line by // in the file
>> "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00knoppix" and 00knoppix is not a native debian
>> file but added by knoppix.
> Regards
> Rajib Bandopadhyay
>
> On 15/08/2014, Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Rajib Bandopadhyay
>> <bkpsusmitaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Dear Sir,
>>> /etc/apt/apt.conf
>>> and
>>> /etc/apt.conf.d/
>>> are clearly two different files. apt.conf.d (Windoze people will call
>>> it folder) has several files under it.
>>> Moreover, I have read the man pages but could not make out where
>>> "apt-config dump" is getting its information"APT::Default-Release
>>> "wheezy";" from, because I have deprecated that line by // in the file
>>> "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00knoppix" and 00knoppix is not a native debian
>>> file but added by knoppix.
>>> Maybe you would look into the apt sources and incorporate the necessary
>>> changes?
>>> Regards
>>> Rajib Bandopadhyay
>>>
>>
>> Many applications that have a config file also have a corresponding .d
>> directory where config files in the same format can be stored. This
>> way other applications can install config files to configure those
>> apps.
>>
>> Just like /etc/sysctl.conf has an /etc/sysctl.d/ where you can drop
>> sysctl.conf-style files in, apt has an apt.conf.d where you can drop
>> files in that have the apt.conf format.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member
>>
>> See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/.
>>
>
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