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authorMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2009-12-18 17:08:45 +0100
committerMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2009-12-18 17:08:45 +0100
commitb3bc1bd74cb5ed091c6a067d09dc49b165d6f873 (patch)
treec5b161ae69814276fde03de15939cd5e607a7b21 /doc/sources.list.5.xml
parentb52da4cd38991881e0f456fb1976412886c564ee (diff)
parent8cf0b1e1a4eab0f78d86ba3dc4576b35ee46969b (diff)
* Merged from the mvo branch
* merged from the lp:~mvo/apt/history branch * Fix apt-ftparchive(1) wrt description of the "-o" option. Thanks to Dann Frazier for the patch. Closes: #273100 * po/LINGUAS. Re-disable Hebrew. Closes: #534992 * po/LINGUAS. Enable Asturian and Lithuanian * Fix typo in apt-cache.8.xml: nessasarily * Fix "with with" in apt-get.8.xml * Fix some of the typos mentioned by the german team Closes: #479997 * Polish translation update by Wiktor Wandachowicz Closes: #548571 * German translation update by Holger Wansing Closes: #551534 * Italian translation update by Milo Casagrande Closes: #555797 * Simplified Chinese translation update by Aron Xu Closes: #558737 * Slovak translation update by Ivan Masár Closes: #559277 * apt-pkg/packagemanager.cc: - add output about pre-depends configuring when debug::pkgPackageManager is used * methods/https.cc: - fix incorrect use of CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, closes: #497983, LP: #354972 thanks to Brian Thomason for the patch * merge lp:~mvo/apt/netrc branch, this adds support for a /etc/apt/auth.conf that can be used to store username/passwords in a "netrc" style file (with the extension that it supports "/" in a machine definition). Based on the maemo git branch (Closes: #518473) (thanks also to Jussi Hakala and Julian Andres Klode) * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc: - add "purge" to list of known actions * apt-pkg/init.h: - add compatibility with old ABI name until the next ABI break * merge segfault fix from Mario Sanchez Prada, many thanks (closes: #561109) * apt-pkg/depcache.cc, apt-pkg/indexcopy.cc: - typo fix (LP: #462328) * cmdline/apt-key: - Emit a warning if removed keys keyring is missing and skip associated checks (LP: #218971) * apt-pkg/packagemanager.cc: - better debug output for ImmediateAdd with depth and why - improve the message shown for failing immediate configuration * doc/guide.it.sgml: moved to doc/it/guide.it.sgml * doc/po4a.conf: activate translation of guide.sgml and offline.sgml * doc/apt.conf.5.xml: - provide a few more details about APT::Immediate-Configure - briefly document the behaviour of the new https options * doc/sources.list.5.xml: - add note about additional apt-transport-methods * doc/apt-mark.8.xml: - correct showauto synopsis, thanks Andrew Schulman (Closes: #551440) * cmdline/apt-get.cc: - source should display his final pkg pick (Closes: #249383, #550952) - source doesn't need the complete version for match (Closes: #245250) - source ignores versions/releases if not available (Closes: #377424) - only warn if (free) space overflows (Closes: #522238) - add --debian-only as alias for --diff-only * methods/connect.cc: - display also strerror of "wicked" getaddrinfo errors - add AI_ADDRCONFIG to ai_flags as suggested by Aurelien Jarno in response to Bernhard R. Link, thanks! (Closes: #505020) * buildlib/configure.mak, buildlib/config.{sub,guess}: - remove (outdated) config.{sub,guess} and use the ones provided by the new added build-dependency autotools-dev instead * configure.in, buildlib/{xml,yodl,sgml}_manpage.mak: - remove the now obsolete manpage buildsystems * doc/{pl,pt_BR,es,it}/*.{sgml,xml}: - convert all remaining translation to the po4a system * debian/control: - drop build-dependency on docbook-utils and xmlto - add build-dependency on autotools-dev - bump policy to 3.8.3 as we have no outdated manpages anymore * debian/NEWS: - fix a typo in 0.7.24: Allready -> Already (Closes: #557674) * ftparchive/writer.{cc,h}: - add APT::FTPArchive::LongDescription to be able to disable them * apt-pkg/deb/debsrcrecords.cc: - use "diff" filetype for .debian.tar.* files (Closes: #554898) * methods/rred.cc: - rewrite to be able to handle even big patch files - adopt optional mmap+iovec patch from Morten Hustveit (Closes: #463354) which should speed up a bit. Thanks! * methods/http{,s}.cc - add config setting for User-Agent to the Acquire group, thanks Timothy J. Miller! (Closes: #355782) - add https options which default to http ones (Closes: #557085) * debian/apt.cron.daily: - check cache size even if we do nothing else otherwise, thanks Francesco Poli for patch(s) and patience! (Closes: #459344) * ftparchive/*: - fix a few typos in strings, comments and manpage, thanks Karl Goetz! (Closes: #558757) * cmdline/apt-mark: - print an error if a new state file can't be created (Closes: #521289) and - exit nicely if python-apt is not installed (Closes: #521284) * doc/de: German translation of manpages (Closes: #552606) * doc/ various manpages: - correct various errors, typos and oddities (Closes: #552535) * doc/apt-secure.8.xml: - replace literal with emphasis tags in Archive configuration * doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml: - remove informalexample tag which hides the programlisting * doc/apt-get.8.xml: - change equivalent "for" to "to the" (purge command) - clarify --fix-broken sentence about specifying packages * apt-pkg/contib/strutl.h - Avoid extra inner copy in APT_MKSTRCMP and APT_MKSTRCMP2. * build infrastructure: - Bumped libapt version, excluded eglibc from SONAME. (Closes: #448249) * doc/apt.conf.5.xml: - Deprecate unquoted values, string concatenation and explain what should not be written inside a value (quotes,backslash). - Restrict option names to alphanumerical characters and "/-:._+". - Deprecate #include, we have apt.conf.d nowadays which should be sufficient. * ftparchive/apt-ftparchive.cc: - Call setlocale() so translations are actually used. * debian/apt.conf.autoremove: - Add kfreebsd-image-* to the list (Closes: #558803)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/sources.list.5.xml')
-rw-r--r--doc/sources.list.5.xml26
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
index c758be61f..e2993db2c 100644
--- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml
+++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@
<para>The package resource list is used to locate archives of the package
distribution system in use on the system. At this time, this manual page
documents only the packaging system used by the Debian GNU/Linux system.
- This control file is located in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></para>
+ This control file is <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>.</para>
<para>The source list is designed to support any number of active sources and a
variety of source media. The file lists one source per line, with the
most preferred source listed first. The format of each line is:
<literal>type uri args</literal> The first item, <literal>type</literal>
- determines the format for <literal>args</literal> <literal>uri</literal> is
+ determines the format for <literal>args</literal>. <literal>uri</literal> is
a Universal Resource Identifier
(URI), which is a superset of the more specific and well-known Universal
Resource Locator, or URL. The rest of the line can be marked as a comment
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@
<literal>stable</literal> <literal>unstable</literal> or
<literal>testing</literal> while component is one of <literal>main</literal>
<literal>contrib</literal> <literal>non-free</literal> or
- <literal>non-us</literal> The
+ <literal>non-us</literal>. The
<literal>deb-src</literal> type describes a debian distribution's source
code in the same form as the <literal>deb</literal> type.
A <literal>deb-src</literal> line is required to fetch source indexes.</para>
<para>The format for a <filename>sources.list</filename> entry using the
- <literal>deb</literal> and <literal>deb-src</literal> types are:</para>
+ <literal>deb</literal> and <literal>deb-src</literal> types is:</para>
<literallayout>deb uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]</literallayout>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
Debian distribution, from which APT will find the information it needs.
<literal>distribution</literal> can specify an exact path, in which case the
components must be omitted and <literal>distribution</literal> must end with
- a slash (/). This is useful for when only a particular sub-section of the
+ a slash (/). This is useful for when the case only a particular sub-section of the
archive denoted by the URI is of interest.
If <literal>distribution</literal> does not specify an exact path, at least
one <literal>component</literal> must be present.</para>
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/stable-updates/
http://server:port/, the proxy server specified in
<envar>http_proxy</envar> will be used. Users of authenticated
HTTP/1.1 proxies may use a string of the format
- http://user:pass@server:port/
+ http://user:pass@server:port/.
Note that this is an insecure method of authentication.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -174,6 +174,18 @@ deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/stable-updates/
<command>dd</command>
commands to perform the file transfers from the remote.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>more recognizable URI types</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ APT can be extended with more methods shipped in other optional packages which should
+ follow the nameing scheme <literal>apt-transport-<replaceable>method</replaceable></literal>.
+ The APT team e.g. maintains also the <literal>apt-transport-https</literal> package which
+ provides access methods for https-URIs with features similiar to the http method, but other
+ methods for using e.g. debtorrent are also available, see <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle><filename>apt-transport-debtorrent</filename></refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
@@ -199,7 +211,7 @@ deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/stable-updates/
<para>Uses FTP to access the archive at ftp.debian.org, under the debian
directory, and uses only the unstable/contrib area. If this line appears as
- well as the one in the previous example in <filename>sources.list</filename>.
+ well as the one in the previous example in <filename>sources.list</filename>
a single FTP session will be used for both resource lines.</para>
<literallayout>deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable contrib</literallayout>