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authorIshan Jayawardena <udeshike@gmail.com>2011-07-16 14:41:53 +0530
committerIshan Jayawardena <udeshike@gmail.com>2011-07-16 14:41:53 +0530
commit8a8ea4baa11f07e1de4cf190f82dbd79ff1affa5 (patch)
treef8710b0994c439f46e75c8f28af0f6b8251f380c /doc/sources.list.5.xml
parent3efe86af099d5a5d05e2e61a571da864676834c7 (diff)
parent0df8c3dccbda739af6e20999fb208ada0619ad80 (diff)
fixed indentation issues
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diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
index 837f07683..fab125b4e 100644
--- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml
+++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
<para>The format for a <filename>sources.list</filename> entry using the
<literal>deb</literal> and <literal>deb-src</literal> types is:</para>
- <literallayout>deb uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]</literallayout>
+ <literallayout>deb [ options ] uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]</literallayout>
<para>The URI for the <literal>deb</literal> type must specify the base of the
Debian distribution, from which APT will find the information it needs.
@@ -109,6 +109,17 @@
simultaneous anonymous users. APT also parallelizes connections to
different hosts to more effectively deal with sites with low bandwidth.</para>
+ <para><literal>options</literal> is always optional and needs to be surounded by
+ square brackets. It can consist of multiple settings in the form
+ <literal><replaceable>setting</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>.
+ Multiple settings are separated by spaces. The following settings are supported by APT,
+ note through that unsupported settings will be ignored silently:
+ <itemizedlist><listitem><para><literal>arch=<replaceable>arch1</replaceable>,<replaceable>arch2</replaceable>,…</literal>
+ can be used to specify for which architectures packages information should
+ be downloaded. If this option is not set all architectures defined by the
+ <literal>APT::Architectures</literal> option will be downloaded.</para>
+ </listitem></itemizedlist></para>
+
<para>It is important to list sources in order of preference, with the most
preferred source listed first. Typically this will result in sorting
by speed from fastest to slowest (CD-ROM followed by hosts on a local
@@ -206,6 +217,11 @@ deb http://security.debian.org/ &stable-codename;/updates main contrib non-free
<para>Source line for the above</para>
<literallayout>deb-src file:/home/jason/debian unstable main contrib non-free</literallayout>
+ <para>The first line gets package information for the architectures in <literal>APT::Architectures</literal>
+ while the second always retrieves <literal>amd64</literal> and <literal>armel</literal>.</para>
+ <literallayout>deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main
+deb [ arch=amd64,armel ] http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main</literallayout>
+
<para>Uses HTTP to access the archive at archive.debian.org, and uses only
the hamm/main area.</para>
<literallayout>deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive hamm main</literallayout>