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  1. Bug #83337
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 83337

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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote :

This has regressed:

% cat /etc/apt/preferences
#test

% apt-get source apt
Reading package lists... Done
E: Unable to parse package file /etc/apt/preferences (1)

The man page tells that "Explanation: " would work for commenting package sections (and "//" does appear to work the same), but it requires a Package header then anyway (otherwise it results in "E: Invalid record in the preferences file /etc/apt/preferences, no Package header").