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authorArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 17:03:46 +0000
committerArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 17:03:46 +0000
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* 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)
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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: