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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt-verbatim.ent | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/sources.list.5.xml | 11 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-verbatim.ent b/doc/apt-verbatim.ent index a693e621e..d4b669497 100644 --- a/doc/apt-verbatim.ent +++ b/doc/apt-verbatim.ent @@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ </citerefentry>" > +<!ENTITY apt-transport-mirror "<citerefentry> + <refentrytitle><command>apt-transport-mirror</command></refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>" +> + <!ENTITY sources-list "<citerefentry> <refentrytitle><filename>sources.list</filename></refentrytitle> <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml index c3e8980a9..ff9ac162e 100644 --- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml +++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml @@ -409,6 +409,17 @@ deb-src [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] [component2] [. alternative.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><command>mirror</command>, <command>mirror+<replaceable>scheme</replaceable></command> (&apt-transport-mirror;)</term> + <listitem><para> + The mirror scheme specifies the location of a mirrorlist. By default the + scheme used for the location is <literal>http</literal>, but any other + scheme can be used via <command>mirror+<replaceable>scheme</replaceable></command>. + The mirrorlist itself can contain many different URIs for mirrors the APT client + can transparently pick, choose and fallback between intended to help both + with distributing the load over the available mirrors and ensuring that + clients can acquire data even if some configured mirrors are not available. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><command>file</command></term> <listitem><para> |