This is documented behavior due to in which order the various
configuration places are evaluated: man apt.conf has the details at the
top.
In other words, you have to set Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently in a config
file specified with the APT_CONFIG environment variable for it to take
effect for configuration files.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1936273
Title:
apt not respecting Ignore-Files-Silently directive
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
I have a configuration management system that stores a backup copy of
files that it updates with a suffix based upon the date that the file
is updated (.YYYY-MM-DD)
In Ubuntu 20.04, I have added a file 00ignore to the /etc/apt/apt.conf
directory.
The contents of the file are one line:
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.[12][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[01][0-9]-[0-3][0-9]$";
The system appears to read the file, but doesn't seem to process it,
as apt and related programs still spit out warnings.
# apt-config dump |grep Ignore
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently "";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.ucf-[a-z]+$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.save$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.orig$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.distUpgrade$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.[12][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[01][0-9]-[0-3][0-9]$";
N: Ignoring file '99unclet-override.2021-06-15' in directory
'/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
N: Ignoring file '00unclet.2021-06-18' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as
it has an invalid filename extension
Note: aptitude does not display this warning, although many other apt-
related programs do (e.g. apt, apt-get, apt-config).
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