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-rw-r--r--debian/changelog3
-rw-r--r--doc/apt.conf.5.xml10
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7b842e7e4..5b0aaec3d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ apt (0.9.8~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
[ David Kalnischkies ]
* apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc:
- support \n and \r\n line endings in ReadMessages
+
+ [ Daniel Hartwig ]
+ * Clarify units of Acquire::http::Dl-Limit (closes: #705445)
[ Michael Vogt ]
* lp:~mvo/apt/webserver-simulate-broken-with-fix346386:
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index be1d7ade8..3a4549a80 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -387,10 +387,12 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
<para><literal>Acquire::http::AllowRedirect</literal> controls whether APT will follow
redirects, which is enabled by default.</para>
- <para>The used bandwidth can be limited with <literal>Acquire::http::Dl-Limit</literal>
- which accepts integer values in kilobytes. The default value is 0 which deactivates
- the limit and tries to use all available bandwidth (note that this option implicitly
- disables downloading from multiple servers at the same time.)</para>
+ <para>The used bandwidth can be limited with
+ <literal>Acquire::http::Dl-Limit</literal> which accepts integer
+ values in kilobytes per second. The default value is 0 which
+ deactivates the limit and tries to use all available bandwidth.
+ Note that this option implicitly disables downloading from
+ multiple servers at the same time.</para>
<para><literal>Acquire::http::User-Agent</literal> can be used to set a different
User-Agent for the http download method as some proxies allow access for clients