Hello, thanks very much for your report. I agree with you it's unclear. I always thought it was case-sensitive.
The patch is old and doesn't apply well. I've updated it and added this phrase too "So in the previous example you could use dpkg::pre-install-pkgs". -- http://syx.googlecode.com - Smalltalk YX http://lethalman.blogspot.com - Thoughts about computer technologies http://www.debian.org - The Universal Operating System
=== modified file 'doc/apt.conf.5.xml' --- doc/apt.conf.5.xml 2008-02-19 19:37:41 +0000 +++ doc/apt.conf.5.xml 2008-10-11 08:24:09 +0000 @@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ <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.
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