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authorMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2014-01-06 08:35:51 +0100
committerMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2014-01-06 08:35:51 +0100
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document deb822 style sources.list
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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 is:</para>
<literallayout>deb [ options ] uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]</literallayout>
+ <para>Alternatively a rfc822 style format is also supported:
+ <literallayout>
+ Type: deb
+ URI: http://example.com
+ Dist: stable
+ Section: component1 component2
+ [option1]: [option1-value]
+
+ Type: deb-src
+ URI: http://example.com
+ Dist: stable
+ Section: component1 component2
+ [option1]: [option1-value]
+ </literallayout>
+ </para>
+
<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.
<literal>distribution</literal> can specify an exact path, in which case the