* merge the remaining Ubuntu change:

[apt.git] / apt-pkg / contrib / configuration.cc

diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc
index 7588b041c5f537800dabb2e6f349c2e224868fdd..9129d92f02a1f35b6e8d6e84217d61e161d552f8 100644 (file)
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc
@@ -773,6 +773,8 @@ bool ReadConfigFile(Configuration &Conf,const string &FName,bool const &AsSectio
               else
                  return _error->Error(_("Syntax error %s:%u: Unsupported directive '%s'"),FName.c_str(),CurLine,Tag.c_str());
            }
+           else if (Tag.empty() == true && NoWord == false && Word == "#clear")
+              return _error->Error(_("Syntax error %s:%u: clear directive requires an option tree as argument"),FName.c_str(),CurLine);
            else
            {
               // Set the item in the configuration class