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authorMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2008-11-24 11:16:13 +0100
committerMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2008-11-24 11:16:13 +0100
commit73e0ee1e7f97571d7be3277e3c25c2f41b2bb946 (patch)
tree788e6a2c6052c70b6d3c478e80bf2e013f3b0dc0 /doc/apt.conf.5.xml
parent07dd557b6fd80ce2df235f1697189b6a8f190ff4 (diff)
parent8071aa806453a3e275576c196d6645051475c894 (diff)
merged from debian-sid
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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
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--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
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@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
<filename>&docdir;examples/apt.conf</filename> &configureindex;
is a good guide for how it should look.</para>
+ <para>The names of the configuration items are not case-sensitive. So in the previous example
+ you could use <literal>dpkg::pre-install-pkgs</literal>.</para>
+
<para>Two specials are allowed, <literal>#include</literal> and <literal>#clear</literal>
<literal>#include</literal> will include the given file, unless the filename
ends in a slash, then the whole directory is included.
@@ -98,6 +101,11 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
compiled for.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>Default-Release</term>
+ <listitem><para>Default release to install packages from if more than one
+ version available. Contains release name or release version. Examples: 'stable', 'testing', 'unstable', '4.0', '5.0*'. Release codenames ('etch', 'lenny' etc.) are not allowed now. See also &apt-preferences;.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term>Ignore-Hold</term>
<listitem><para>Ignore Held packages; This global option causes the problem resolver to
ignore held packages in its decision making.</para></listitem>
@@ -158,6 +166,12 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
and the URI handlers.
<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term>PDiffs</term>
+ <listitem><para>Try do download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for
+ Packages or Sources files instead of downloading whole ones. True
+ by default.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term>Queue-Mode</term>
<listitem><para>Queuing mode; <literal>Queue-Mode</literal> can be one of <literal>host</literal> or
<literal>access</literal> which determines how APT parallelizes outgoing