* Document configuration file comment syntax in apt.conf(5)

Author: mdz
Date: 2003-09-16 21:01:12 GMT
* Document configuration file comment syntax in apt.conf(5)
(Closes: #211262)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index afa7a94d26e118c19ccbef588ee3aa7d220922f2..bc42bf7fb6c7598b2e0153a52885d9e8464257b8 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+apt (0.5.13) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Document configuration file comment syntax in apt.conf(5)
+    (Closes: #211262)
+
+ -- 
+
 apt (0.5.12) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Exclude subdirectories named 'debian-installer' from the apt-cdrom

diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.sgml b/doc/apt.conf.5.sgml
index 73524f60290506429fb68b221a63e104ab7c8bf5..2f04c892ca25be78c8886599913184ffaf84d82a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.sgml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.sgml
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
    parent groups.
    <para>
    Syntacticly the configuration language is modeled after what the ISC tools
-   such as bind and dhcp use. Each line is of the form
+   such as bind and dhcp use.  Lines starting with
+   <literal>//</literal> are treated as comments (ignored).  Each line is of the form
    <literallayout>APT::Get::Assume-Yes "true";</literallayout> The trailing 
    semicolon is required and the quotes are optional. A new scope can be
    opened with curly braces, like: