[Bug 1309658] Re: Invalid comments in debian/apt.conf.autoremove

[Brian Murray]

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Summary changed:

- Invalid comments in debian/apt.conf.autoremove
+ apt.conf man page should indicate # is also used for comments

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Title:
  apt.conf man page should indicate # is also used for comments

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

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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