package: apt
version: 0.6.46.4-0.1
tags: patch
severity: wishlist
Hi,
I was looking into the order in which apt processes /etc/apt/apt.conf and
the /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/* files, and noticed the apt.conf.d directory is
only mentioned in the apt-get(5) manpage. The ordering is indeed explained
in the first paragraphs of apt.conf(5) but there's no mention of the
apt.conf.d directory. It would be nice to have this connection made
clearer.
Please consider the attached patch against apt-0.7.20.2.
Thanks
Vince
diff -urN -ruN apt-0.7.20.2.orig/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
apt-0.7.20.2/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
--- apt-0.7.20.2.orig/doc/apt.conf.5.xml 2009-02-08 02:09:35.000000000
+1100
+++ apt-0.7.20.2/doc/apt.conf.5.xml 2009-03-23 08:27:43.000000000 +1100
@@ -786,7 +786,17 @@
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Files</title>
- <para><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></term>
+ <listitem><para>APT configuration file.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Main</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>
+ <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>See Also</title>
