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authorLuca Bruno <lethalman88@gmail.com>2008-10-11 10:31:18 +0200
committerLuca Bruno <lethalman88@gmail.com>2008-10-11 10:31:18 +0200
commitfb3b7ef0a6c7b599d5d17f4cf7d98b182ec26e06 (patch)
treee3470037c374b483c2135920d39175a3db7410be /doc/apt.conf.5.xml
parent8cd53bd4fe839c3135696ecbdca45909130a2dd9 (diff)
downloadapt-fb3b7ef0a6c7b599d5d17f4cf7d98b182ec26e06.tar.gz
Clarify whether configuration items of apt.conf are case-sensitive
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@@ -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.