From: Eugene V. Lyubimkin <jackyf@1501-debian>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:36:37 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: apt.conf: mentioned '/* ... */'-comments.
X-Git-Tag: 0.7.21~32^2
X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/commitdiff_plain/7f1bc985dc0af4b953674f0e6702bada30f32a80?ds=inline;hp=--cc

apt.conf: mentioned '/* ... */'-comments.
---

7f1bc985dc0af4b953674f0e6702bada30f32a80
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 83aa70d4d..8eccc27ea 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ apt (0.7.20) unstable; urgency=low
       (Closes: #457265)
     - Mentioned 'APT::Periodic' and 'APT::Archives' groups of options.
       (Closes: #438559)
+    - Mentioned '/* ... */' comments. (Closes: #507601)
 
  -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin <jackyf.devel@gmail.com>  Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:57:00 +0200
 
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 1835f2282..74966c5b3 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
    &apt-email;
    &apt-product;
    <!-- The last update date -->
-   <date>06 December 2008</date>
+   <date>10 December 2008</date>
  </refentryinfo>
  
  <refmeta>
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@
    parent groups.</para> 
 
    <para>Syntactically the configuration language is modeled after what the ISC tools
-   such as bind and dhcp use.  Lines starting with
-   <literal>//</literal> are treated as comments (ignored).
+   such as bind and dhcp use. Lines starting with
+   <literal>//</literal> are treated as comments (ignored), as well as all text
+   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