<listitem><para>all files in <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal> in
alphanumeric ascending order which have no or "<literal>conf</literal>"
as filename extension and which only contain alphanumeric,
- hyphen (-), underscore (_) and period (.) characters -
- otherwise they will be silently ignored.</para></listitem>
+ hyphen (-), underscore (_) and period (.) characters.
+ Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file if the file
+ doesn't match a pattern in the <literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal>
+ configuration list - in this case it will be silently ignored.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>the main configuration file specified by
<literal>Dir::Etc::main</literal></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>the command line options are applied to override the