As I implemented this years ago I am obviously biased, but I think not supporting "#" as a comment is a mistake as sources.list and preferences support it and most other config files you come across do comments with '#'. The autokernelremove code was an "external" contribution and it just shows that the default assumption is in fact '#'. (all apt config files I have on my systems include #-comments btw, and I doubt I am the only one) We should just document this fact properly instead of reverting support for it…
I wonder more why augeas is parsing our config file (but then again, I have no idea what augeas is). We have the apt-config tool to extract settings as well as python-apt, libapt-perl and libapt proper. Doing it on your own leads to a disaster sooner or later… (just compare it with sources.list parsers… a simple codesearch reveals that most of them are fundamentally broken even in perfectly documented cases; but in most cases I have no idea why they they try to parse it in the first place…) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1309658 Title: Invalid comments in debian/apt.conf.autoremove To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1309658/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
