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diff --git a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
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--- a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
@@ -88,23 +88,26 @@
<varlistentry><term><option>release</option></term>
<listitem><para>
The <literal>release</literal> command generates a Release file from a
- directory tree. It recursively searches the given directory for uncompressed
- <filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Sources</filename> files and ones
- compressed with <command>gzip</command>, <command>bzip2</command> or <command>lzma</command>
- as well as <filename>Release</filename> and <filename>md5sum.txt</filename> files by default
- (<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Default-Patterns</literal>). Additional filename patterns
- can be added by listing them in <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Patterns</literal>.
- It then writes to stdout a <filename>Release</filename> file containing (by default) an MD5,
+ directory tree. It recursively searches the given directory for
+ uncompressed and compressed <filename>Packages</filename>,
+ <filename>Sources</filename>, <filename>Contents</filename>,
+ <filename>Components</filename> and <filename>icons</filename> files as
+ well as <filename>Release</filename>, <filename>Index</filename> and
+ <filename>md5sum.txt</filename> files by default
+ (<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Default-Patterns</literal>).
+ Additional filename patterns can be added by listing them in
+ <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Patterns</literal>. It then writes to
+ stdout a <filename>Release</filename> file containing (by default) an MD5,
SHA1, SHA256 and SHA512 digest for each file.</para>
<para>
Values for the additional metadata fields in the Release file are
taken from the corresponding variables under
<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release</literal>,
- e.g. <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin</literal>. The supported fields
- are: <literal>Origin</literal>, <literal>Label</literal>, <literal>Suite</literal>,
+ e.g. <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin</literal>. The supported fields
+ are <literal>Origin</literal>, <literal>Label</literal>, <literal>Suite</literal>,
<literal>Version</literal>, <literal>Codename</literal>, <literal>Date</literal>,
- <literal>Valid-Until</literal>, <literal>Architectures</literal>,
- <literal>Components</literal>, <literal>Description</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ <literal>Valid-Until</literal>, <literal>Signed-By</literal>, <literal>Architectures</literal>,
+ <literal>Components</literal> and <literal>Description</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -177,10 +180,11 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term><option>Packages::Compress</option></term>
<listitem><para>
- Sets the default compression schemes to use
- for the package index files. It is a string that contains a space
- separated list of at least one of: '.' (no compression), 'gzip' and
- 'bzip2'. The default for all compression schemes is '. gzip'.</para></listitem>
+ Sets the default compression schemes to use
+ for the package index files. It is a string that contains a space
+ separated list of at least one of the compressors configured via the
+ <option>APT::Compressor</option> configuration scope.
+ The default for all compression schemes is '. gzip'.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>Packages::Extensions</option></term>