Bug#900769: pkg-perl-tools: dpt should warn about ~/.config/dpt.conf having priority over ~/.dpt.conf

[Clément Hermann]

Package: pkg-perl-tools
Version: 0.45
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

when trying to modify DPT_PACKAGES for some hacking on our meta.git, it
took me a while to figure out I had both ~/.dpt.conf and
~/.config/dpt.conf.

It's a trap! The vars in .config/dpt.conf have precedance over the ones
in ~/.dpt.conf.

It would be nice to have a warning about it when both exists, or at
least to mention that in the documentation.

Cheers,

nodens

-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.16.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages pkg-perl-tools depends on:
ii  curl                           7.60.0-2
ii  debhelper                      11.3.2
ii  devscripts                     2.18.3
ii  dh-make-perl                   0.100
ii  dpkg-dev                       1.19.0.5
ii  git                            1:2.17.1-1
ii  git-buildpackage               0.9.9
ii  libdatetime-perl               2:1.49-1
ii  libdpkg-perl                   1.19.0.5
ii  libgit-repository-perl         1.321-2
ii  libgitlab-api-v4-perl          0.08-1
ii  libipc-run-perl                20180523.0-1
ii  libjson-xs-perl                3.040-1
ii  libparse-debianchangelog-perl  1.2.0-12
ii  libproc-invokeeditor-perl      1.13-1
ii  librt-client-rest-perl         1:0.52-1
ii  libutf8-all-perl               0.024-1
ii  lintian                        2.5.88
ii  openssh-client [ssh-client]    1:7.7p1-2
ii  perl                           5.26.2-5
ii  pristine-tar                   1.44
ii  quilt                          0.65-1

Versions of packages pkg-perl-tools recommends:
ii  autodep8                      0.12
ii  autopkgtest                   5.3.1
ii  libconfig-model-dpkg-perl     2.111
ii  libconfig-model-perl          2.123-1
ii  libdebian-copyright-perl      0.2-4
ii  libfile-slurp-perl            9999.19-6
ii  libmime-lite-perl             3.030-2
ii  libmodule-inspector-perl      1.05-2
ii  libnet-github-perl            0.95-1
ii  libparallel-forkmanager-perl  1.19-1
ii  libsoap-lite-perl             1.27-1
ii  libterm-readline-gnu-perl     1.35-4
ii  libwww-mechanize-perl         1.88-1
ii  libyaml-libyaml-perl          0.69+repack-1
ii  lintian                       2.5.88
ii  myrepos [mr]                  1.20160123

Versions of packages pkg-perl-tools suggests:
ii  bc                    1.07.1-2+b1
ii  cdbs                  0.4.156
pn  duck                  <none>
pn  moreutils             <none>
pn  parallel              <none>
pn  perl-depends          <none>
ii  python3               3.6.5-3
pn  python3-launchpadlib  <none>

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