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authorMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2009-12-14 09:22:29 +0100
committerMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2009-12-14 09:22:29 +0100
commit4407a02f4ead0c8c7906ba2fa96021890237f7d9 (patch)
tree6fa68d5510b537a28cdb677298a8f4e8d1fb42a6 /doc/apt.conf.5.xml
parentd4d9f5399244f5c7e698cc4860d1d9ab8f63992f (diff)
parent5d70f74c114450f001d415eea101610eedaee05b (diff)
merged patches from david (many thanks)
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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
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+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -275,13 +275,20 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
<para>The used bandwidth can be limited with <literal>Acquire::http::Dl-Limit</literal>
which accepts integer values in kilobyte. The default value is 0 which deactivates
the limit and tries uses as much as possible of the bandwidth (Note that this option implicit
- deactivates the download from multiple servers at the same time.)</para></listitem>
+ deactivates the download from multiple servers at the same time.)</para>
+
+ <para><literal>Acquire::http::User-Agent</literal> can be used to set a different
+ User-Agent for the http download method as some proxies allow access for clients
+ only if the client uses a known identifier.</para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>https</term>
- <listitem><para>HTTPS URIs. Cache-control and proxy options are the same as for
- <literal>http</literal> method.
- <literal>Pipeline-Depth</literal> option is not supported yet.</para>
+ <listitem><para>HTTPS URIs. Cache-control, Timeout, AllowRedirect, Dl-Limit and
+ proxy options are the same as for <literal>http</literal> method and will also
+ default to the options from the <literal>http</literal> method if they are not
+ explicitly set for https. <literal>Pipeline-Depth</literal> option is not
+ supported yet.</para>
<para><literal>CaInfo</literal> suboption specifies place of file that
holds info about trusted certificates.