Re: apt-get.conf

I searched for the word 'comment' but for some reason it isn't in my man page.
Glad it was in yours!

On Monday 17 May 2004 20:48, Bart Garst wrote:
> Searching a man page is easy.
>
> Type a forward slash character and then the word you're looking for and
> hit enter. You will be immediately taken to the first occurrence of the
> word. You can then go to the 'next' by hitting the letter 'n' and 'p'
> works for 'previous'.
>
> Bart
>
> On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 18:04, Michael Havens wrote:
> > I didn't know how to search? Thanks.
> >
> > On Monday 17 May 2004 17:52, Bart Garst wrote:
> > > man apt.conf
> > >
> > > From there I searched for /comment and found:
> > > Lines starting with // are treated as comments (ignored).
> > >
> > > Bart
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 17:47, Michael Havens wrote:
> > > > APT::Default-Release "stable";
> > > > #APT::Default-Release "unstable";
> > > > APT::Cache-Limit 10000000;
> > > > Apt::Get::Purge;
> > > > APT::Get::Fix-Broken "true";
> > > > APT::Get::Assume-No
> > > >
> > > > It appears not to like line 2. I received a message that said, "E:
> > > > Syntax error /etc/apt/apt.conf:2: Unsupported directive
> > > > 'APT::Default-Release'" and I think/etc/apt/apt.conf:2: means the
> > > > error is in line 2. So I ask.... how do I comment out a line in
> > > > apt-get.conf?
> > >
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