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authorMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2011-07-15 10:16:59 +0200
committerMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2011-07-15 10:16:59 +0200
commit5e4d60ae66873924815edb89d533faab7006a46b (patch)
treec0e3c05585374c810100ad7bf6a9f283a7b52a3d /doc/apt.conf.5.xml
parent0dc01623882a8a51416e8635e76c941fc302abec (diff)
parent1d08f27046533e36849a63c084f51809be484d8c (diff)
merged from the debian-sid branch
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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
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@@ -153,7 +153,15 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
parsing package lists. The internal default is the architecture apt was
compiled for.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
+
+ <varlistentry><term>Architectures</term>
+ <listitem><para>All Architectures the system supports. Processors implementing the <literal>amd64</literal>
+ are e.g. also able to execute binaries compiled for <literal>i386</literal>; This list is use when fetching files and
+ parsing package lists. The internal default is always the native architecture (<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>)
+ and all foreign architectures it can retrieve by calling <command>dpkg --print-foreign-architectures</command>.
+ </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, codename or release version. Examples: 'stable', 'testing',