Public bug reported:
According to apt.conf(5) man page, the only valid comments in apt config
files are:
"Lines starting with // are treated as comments (ignored), as well as
all text between /* and */, just like C/C++ comments."
There are comments in debian/apt.conf.autoremove
(/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove) that start with '#' which breaks
other tools like augeas that follow strictly the definition of comments
in apt.conf's man page and rely on it to function properly.
1)
Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release: 14.04
2) apt:
Installed: 1.0.1ubuntu2
Candidate: 1.0.1ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 1.0.1ubuntu2 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
The file can be patched by running:
$ sed -i "s/#/\/\//" apt.conf.autoremove
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Invalid comments in debian/apt.conf.autoremove
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