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Bug#854948: marked as done (apt-config: manpage not specific enough about the main functionality of the tool)

Your message dated Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:05:31 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#854948: apt-config: manpage not specific enough about the main functionality of the tool
has caused the Debian Bug report #854948,
regarding apt-config: manpage not specific enough about the main functionality of the tool
to be marked as done.

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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: apt-config
Severity: minor

Dear Maintainer,

the first lines of the german(!) manpage of apt-config (Debian unstable) are
not specific enough.

They don't tell exactly with clear words what the tool does. Because of that
and because of the name of the tool the user can implicite that it is possible
to modify the configuration of apt with it. But it is not possible - when I
understand it correct.

Please reformulate the lines and maybe add the information that it is not
possible to modifiy the configuration. Please check the english (original?)
version of the manpage for the same issues.

kind



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 4.9.9-towo.1-siduction-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

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--- Begin Message --- 
On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 09:31:45PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Control: reassign -1 apt
> 
> apt-config is part of the apt package.
> 
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 01:06:23PM +0100, Christian Buhtz wrote:
> > Package: apt-config
> > Severity: minor
> > 
> > Dear Maintainer,
> > 
> > the first lines of the german(!) manpage of apt-config (Debian unstable) are
> > not specific enough.
> > 
> > They don't tell exactly with clear words what the tool does. Because of that
> > and because of the name of the tool the user can implicite that it is possible
> > to modify the configuration of apt with it. But it is not possible - when I
> > understand it correct.

The NAME explictly states that it is a configuration *query* tool:
  msgstr "APT-Konfigurationsabfrageprogramm"
and the  description just gives you two query commands, so everything
is explicitly stated.

If you just read the first DESCRIPTION line without reading the NAME, 
that's weird, but please read the NAME field - it'S there for a reason.

Closing.

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