This bug was fixed in the package apt - 2.3.7
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apt (2.3.7) experimental; urgency=medium
[ David Kalnischkies ]
* Use full item description in broken repo error
* Store size from volatile sources for already installed versions
* Restore dpkg::chroot-directory functionality
[ Dillon Brock ]
* apt.conf(5): indicate # is also used for comments (LP: #1309658)
[ Julian Andres Klode ]
* Check sources.list could be parsed before adding volatile files
(Closes: #990518)
* pkgAcqIndex::CommonFailed: Set StatIdle before calling Init()
* Implement exponential backoff between retries
- acquire: Automatically reduce select() timeout as needed
- Properly convert PulseInterval to timeval
- Add support for a maximum delay and testing of delay
- tests (retry-downloads): Avoid delay in second test
-- Julian Andres Klode <j...@debian.org> Thu, 29 Jul 2021 16:59:39
+0200
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1309658
Title:
apt.conf man page should indicate # is also used for comments
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
According to apt.conf(5) man page, the only valid comments in apt
config files are:
"Lines starting with // are treated as comments (ignored), as well as
all text between /* and */, just like C/C++ comments."
There are comments in debian/apt.conf.autoremove
(/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove) that start with '#' which breaks
other tools like augeas that follow strictly the definition of
comments in apt.conf's man page and rely on it to function properly.
1)
Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release: 14.04
2) apt:
Installed: 1.0.1ubuntu2
Candidate: 1.0.1ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 1.0.1ubuntu2 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
The file can be patched by running:
$ sed -i "s/#/\/\//" apt.conf.autoremove
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