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authorDavid Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de>2015-08-27 18:13:00 +0200
committerDavid Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de>2015-08-27 18:16:50 +0200
commit1a3a14ac63b0c4f18de53a7bddcf79d20a5e814f (patch)
tree970faeb03bf9407e145aa607d755a08f6e8a0add /doc/apt.conf.5.xml
parentbf33c3bd991be704494a060730f8370fd9cad52c (diff)
sources.list and indextargets option for pdiffs
Disabling pdiffs can be useful occasionally, like if you have a fast local mirror where the download doesn't matter, but still want to use it for non-local mirrors. Also, some users might prefer it to only use it for very big indextargets like Contents.
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@@ -334,8 +334,10 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
<varlistentry><term><option>PDiffs</option></term>
<listitem><para>Try to download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for
- indexes (like <filename>Packages</filename> files) instead of downloading
- whole ones. True by default.</para>
+ indexes (like <filename>Packages</filename> files) instead of
+ downloading whole ones. True by default. Preferably, this can be set
+ for specific &sources-list; entries or index files by using the
+ <option>PDiffs</option> option there.</para>
<para>Two sub-options to limit the use of PDiffs are also available:
<literal>FileLimit</literal> can be used to specify a maximum number of
PDiff files should be downloaded to update a file. <literal>SizeLimit</literal>