Debian Bug report logs - #869832
apt.conf(5): the time unit for timeout should be documented

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From: Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>

Subject: apt.conf(5): the time unit for timeout should be documented

Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 22:10:16 +0100

Package: apt
Version: 1.5~beta1
Severity: wishlist

The apt.conf(5) documents the timeout http/https option:

  The option timeout sets the timeout timer used by the method; this
  value applies to the connection as well as the data timeout.

and

  The option timeout sets the timeout timer used by the method; this
  value applies to the connection as well as the data timeout.

but the time unit is not documented. It seems to be "in seconds".

See: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=869070#27

-- Package-specific info:

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/no-adobe-flash-plugin present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list present, but not submitted) --


-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.11.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=POSIX (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.115
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2017.5
ii  gpgv                    2.1.18-8
ii  init-system-helpers     1.49
ii  libapt-pkg5.0           1.5~beta1
ii  libc6                   2.24-12
ii  libgcc1                 1:7.1.0-10
ii  libgnutls30             3.5.14-2
ii  libstdc++6              7.1.0-10

Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii  ca-certificates  20161130+nmu1

Versions of packages apt suggests:
ii  apt-doc         1.5~beta1
ii  aptitude        0.8.8-1
ii  dpkg-dev        1.18.24
ii  gnupg           2.1.18-8
pn  powermgmt-base  <none>
ii  python-apt      1.4.0~beta3+b1

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