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authorDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2009-09-24 12:17:34 +0200
committerDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2009-09-24 12:17:34 +0200
commit5900bd8dd90ebe61697a82fc18f3b1a9edaeedfa (patch)
tree011557afa0ea7c74909b3b6d6d2dc7841fd4542e /doc/apt.conf.5.xml
parenta874991b8549397fb26c47bbf229854556a3fb60 (diff)
document the Acquire::http::Dl-Limit option in the manpage
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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
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@@ -227,7 +227,12 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
indicating how many outstanding requests APT should send. A value of
zero MUST be specified if the remote host does not properly linger
on TCP connections - otherwise data corruption will occur. Hosts which
- require this are in violation of RFC 2068.</para></listitem>
+ require this are in violation of RFC 2068.</para>
+
+ <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 bandwith (Note that this option implicit
+ deactivates the download from multiple servers at the same time.)</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>https</term>