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authorMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2011-02-08 10:27:51 +0100
committerMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2011-02-08 10:27:51 +0100
commit09b8bd3226a68272f98e4020d10348ff26642500 (patch)
tree1394a74a187ce61982c6c8649721de2f543459a1 /doc/apt.conf.5.xml
parent7c748f4aa1bd47089672353fd1a401d1c5c94723 (diff)
parent4c6cf49317769725fee34a132c52ec1fe076b8b5 (diff)
merged from lp:~mvo/apt/mvo (which is really lp:~donkult/apt/sid with some updated comments ;)
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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index f00baacea..a423dac24 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -442,12 +442,11 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
the bzip2 method (the inbuilt) setting is <literallayout>Dir::Bin::bzip2 "/bin/bzip2";</literallayout>
Note also that list entries specified on the command line will be added at the end of the list
specified in the configuration files, but before the default entries. To prefer a type in this case
- over the ones specified in in the configuration files you can set the option direct - not in list style.
+ over the ones specified in the configuration files you can set the option direct - not in list style.
This will not override the defined list, it will only prefix the list with this type.</para>
- <para>While it is possible to add an empty compression type to the order list, but APT in its current
- version doesn't understand it correctly and will display many warnings about not downloaded files -
- these warnings are most of the time false negatives. Future versions will maybe include a way to
- really prefer uncompressed files to support the usage of local mirrors.</para></listitem>
+ <para>The special type <literal>uncompressed</literal> can be used to give uncompressed files a
+ preference, but note that most archives doesn't provide uncompressed files so this is mostly only
+ useable for local mirrors.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>GzipIndexes</term>
@@ -618,7 +617,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
<refsect2><title>dpkg trigger usage (and related options)</title>
<para>APT can call dpkg in a way so it can make aggressive use of triggers over
- multiply calls of dpkg. Without further options dpkg will use triggers only in between his
+ multiple calls of dpkg. Without further options dpkg will use triggers only in between his
own run. Activating these options can therefore decrease the time needed to perform the
install / upgrade. Note that it is intended to activate these options per default in the
future, but as it changes the way APT calling dpkg drastically it needs a lot more testing.