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authorDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2010-01-02 00:22:31 +0100
committerDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2010-01-02 00:22:31 +0100
commit02dceb31f77f0812c76334a1758631c7cf9544a3 (patch)
treec3a10a2dd01c78eb6ff4c08e60d546ecea7b420c /doc/apt.conf.5.xml
parent806969420fa6a12471b237eccd21edaff4a33767 (diff)
add configuration PDiffs::Limit-options (FileLimit and SizeLimit) to
not download too many or too big patches (Closes: #554349)
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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 734ae1fe7..fd50e377f 100644
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+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -221,7 +221,14 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
<varlistentry><term>PDiffs</term>
<listitem><para>Try to download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for
Packages or Sources files instead of downloading whole ones. True
- by default.</para></listitem>
+ by default.</para>
+ <para>Two sub-options to limit the use of PDiffs are also available:
+ With <literal>FileLimit</literal> can be specified how many PDiff files
+ are downloaded at most to patch a file. <literal>SizeLimit</literal>
+ on the other hand is the maximum precentage of the size of all patches
+ compared to the size of the targeted file. If one of these limits is
+ exceeded the complete file is downloaded instead of the patches.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>Queue-Mode</term>