On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 02:46:42AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: > >> $ COLUMNS=2222 man aptitude|grep 'even .* is set'|perl -pwe > >> 's/.*(.{33})/$1/' > >> Resolver::No-New-Upgrades is set. > >> Resolver::No-New-Installs is set. > >> Say is set to what, true or false. > >> As you know with the shell, unset, set to null, set to something, are > >> all different. > > DB> In fact, *set* is exactly what is intended here: these command-line > DB> options override the configuration setting, whatever it is. There were > DB> several places where the opposite problem existed (saying "is true" > DB> instead of "is set"), and I've fixed those. > > OK, but then perhaps say "is set to anything, even ''", else > unfortunately people will think you still mean "is set to true"! > (Or maybe say "anything except false", or "not unset")
I think a better wording would be "regardless of the value of <blah>". > >> P.S.S. In > >> Title: Configuration file reference > >> URL: file:///usr/share/doc/aptitude/html/en/ch02s04s05.html > >> perhaps mention that "apt-config dump" will show all the current > >> value except those from ~/.aptitude I suppose. > > DB> Do I mention apt-config somewhere? I can't find any references. > > That's why I'm saying perhaps mention it. I must be missing the point, then. What does apt-config have to do with aptitude? Aside from the fact that they're both apt tools. I don't document how apt-get works, or how wajig works, or how synaptic works, or how firefox works, because this is documentation for aptitude. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]