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-rw-r--r--debian/changelog3
-rw-r--r--doc/apt.conf.5.xml3
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 72b743a48..e0fd3be8c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ apt (0.7.17~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+ cmdline/makefile
+ ftparchive/makefile
+ methods/makefile
+ * doc/apt.conf.5.xml:
+ - clarify whether configuration items of apt.conf are case-sensitive
+ (thanks to Vincent McIntyre, closes: #345901)
-- Luca Bruno <lethalman88@gmail.com> Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:17:46 +0200
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 64724f211..db8dfa7ce 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
<filename>&docdir;examples/apt.conf</filename> &configureindex;
is a good guide for how it should look.</para>
+ <para>The names of the configuration items are not case-sensitive. So in the previous example
+ you could use <literal>dpkg::pre-install-pkgs</literal>.</para>
+
<para>Two specials are allowed, <literal>#include</literal> and <literal>#clear</literal>
<literal>#include</literal> will include the given file, unless the filename
ends in a slash, then the whole directory is included.