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authorMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2013-11-23 09:13:30 +0100
committerMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2013-11-23 09:13:30 +0100
commit7d2428e03c1fdae79488b9ecd53cc5257b2a0c13 (patch)
tree81209b60212c997452fd74cf184b8ca5445e8bc0 /doc/apt.conf.5.xml
parentf62f17b489405432a3125e51471d8a00e78c5170 (diff)
parent61f954bff040809e7ab57b3adec2fe95339ffb94 (diff)
Merge branch 'debian/sid' into ubuntu/master
Conflicts: debian/changelog
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@@ -398,11 +398,17 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
only if the client uses a known identifier.</para>
<para><literal>Acquire::http::Proxy-Auto-Detect</literal> can be used to
- specify a external command to discover the http proxy to use. Apt expects
+ specify an external command to discover the http proxy to use. Apt expects
the command to output the proxy on stdout in the style
- <literal>http://proxy:port/</literal>. See the
- &squid-deb-proxy-client; package for a example implementation that
- uses avahi.</para>
+ <literal>http://proxy:port/</literal>. This will override the
+ generic <literal>Acquire::http::Proxy</literal> but not any specific
+ host proxy configuration set via
+ <literal>Acquire::http::Proxy::$HOST</literal>.
+
+ See the &squid-deb-proxy-client; package for an example implementation that
+ uses avahi. This option takes precedence over the legacy option name
+ <literal>ProxyAutoDetect</literal>.
+ </para>
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