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-rw-r--r--debian/changelog8
-rw-r--r--doc/apt.conf.5.xml7
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 101ad03a7..4f8b72a31 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
apt (0.7.25) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+ [ Christian Perrier ]
* Fix apt-ftparchive(1) wrt description of the "-o" option.
Thanks to Dann Frazier for the patch. Closes: #273100
- -- Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:17:25 +0200
+ [ Julian Andres Klode ]
+ * doc/apt.conf.5.xml:
+ - Deprecate unquoted values, string concatenation and explain what should
+ not be written inside a value (quotes,backslash).
+
+ -- Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:00:28 +0200
apt (0.7.24) unstable; urgency=low
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index e752f9d27..b1522a614 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -59,8 +59,11 @@
between <literal>/*</literal> and <literal>*/</literal>, just like C/C++ comments.
Each line is of the form
<literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes "true";</literal> The trailing
- semicolon is required and the quotes are optional. A new scope can be
- opened with curly braces, like:</para>
+ semicolon and the quotes are required. The value must be on one line, and
+ there is no kind of string concatenation. It must not include inside quotes.
+ The behavior of the backslash "\" and escaped characters inside a value is
+ undefined and it should not be used. A new scope can be opened with curly
+ braces, like:</para>
<informalexample><programlisting>
APT {