Package: apt
Version: 2.6.1
Severity: normal
apt.conf(5) talks about the ordering of the loading of config files,
but does not say why the order matters. At least not in the section
on ordering. (Behavor is implied where "clear" is explained.)
The present text (sid) is:
<orderedlist>
<para>When an APT tool starts up it will read the configuration files
in the following order:</para>
<listitem>...</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</refsect1>
Better would be something like:
<orderedlist>
<para>When an APT tool starts up it will read the configuration files
in the following order:</para>
<listitem>...</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>When a directive appears more than once in a configuration,
absent the use of syntax that appends to or clears a part of the
configuration, the value of a directive is the value given
last.</para>
</refsect1>
(Or maybe the para needs to go inside the end of the orderedlist. I
forget what works.)
-- Package-specific info:
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences.d/* present) --
-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --
-- (no /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* present) --
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.5
APT prefers stable-security
APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-21-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii adduser 3.134
ii debian-archive-keyring 2023.3+deb12u1
ii gpgv 2.2.40-1.1
ii libapt-pkg6.0 2.6.1
ii libc6 2.36-9+deb12u7
ii libgcc-s1 12.2.0-14
ii libgnutls30 3.7.9-2+deb12u2
ii libseccomp2 2.5.4-1+b3
ii libstdc++6 12.2.0-14
ii libsystemd0 252.22-1~deb12u1
Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii ca-certificates 20230311
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
ii aptitude 0.8.13-5
ii dpkg-dev 1.21.22
ii gnupg 2.2.40-1.1
ii gnupg2 2.2.40-1.1
ii powermgmt-base 1.37
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