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-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc
index ce02f1bd2..4de17e3e1 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc
@@ -194,7 +194,11 @@ string Configuration::FindFile(const char *Name,const char *Default) const
// Absolute
if (val.length() >= 1 && val[0] == '/')
+ {
+ if (val.compare(0, 9, "/dev/null") == 0)
+ val.erase(9);
break;
+ }
// ~/foo or ./foo
if (val.length() >= 2 && (val[0] == '~' || val[0] == '.') && val[1] == '/')
@@ -230,7 +234,12 @@ string Configuration::FindDir(const char *Name,const char *Default) const
{
string Res = FindFile(Name,Default);
if (Res.end()[-1] != '/')
+ {
+ size_t const found = Res.rfind("/dev/null");
+ if (found != string::npos && found == Res.size() - 9)
+ return Res; // /dev/null returning
return Res + '/';
+ }
return Res;
}
/*}}}*/