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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml index e2db9defb..777630e14 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; <listitem><para>Default release to install packages from if more than one version available. Contains release name, codename or release version. Examples: 'stable', 'testing', 'unstable', 'lenny', 'squeeze', '4.0', '5.0*'. See also &apt-preferences;.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> - + <varlistentry><term>Ignore-Hold</term> <listitem><para>Ignore Held packages; This global option causes the problem resolver to ignore held packages in its decision making.</para></listitem> @@ -275,13 +275,20 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; <para>The used bandwidth can be limited with <literal>Acquire::http::Dl-Limit</literal> which accepts integer values in kilobyte. The default value is 0 which deactivates the limit and tries uses as much as possible of the bandwidth (Note that this option implicit - deactivates the download from multiple servers at the same time.)</para></listitem> + deactivates the download 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 + only if the client uses a known identifier.</para> + </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term>https</term> - <listitem><para>HTTPS URIs. Cache-control and proxy options are the same as for - <literal>http</literal> method. - <literal>Pipeline-Depth</literal> option is not supported yet.</para> + <listitem><para>HTTPS URIs. Cache-control, Timeout, AllowRedirect, Dl-Limit and + proxy options are the same as for <literal>http</literal> method and will also + default to the options from the <literal>http</literal> method if they are not + explicitly set for https. <literal>Pipeline-Depth</literal> option is not + supported yet.</para> <para><literal>CaInfo</literal> suboption specifies place of file that holds info about trusted certificates. @@ -385,6 +392,27 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; these warnings are most of the time false negatives. Future versions will maybe include a way to really prefer uncompressed files to support the usage of local mirrors.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry><term>Languages</term> + <listitem><para>The Languages subsection controls which <filename>Translation</filename> files are downloaded + and in which order APT tries to display the Description-Translations. APT will try to display the first + available Description for the Language which is listed at first. Languages can be defined with their + short or long Languagecodes. Note that not all archives provide <filename>Translation</filename> + files for every Language - especially the long Languagecodes are rare, so please + inform you which ones are available before you set here impossible values.</para> + <para>The default list includes "environment" and "en". "<literal>environment</literal>" has a special meaning here: + It will be replaced at runtime with the languagecodes extracted from the <literal>LC_MESSAGES</literal> enviroment variable. + It will also ensure that these codes are not included twice in the list. If <literal>LC_MESSAGES</literal> + is set to "C" only the <filename>Translation-en</filename> file (if available) will be used. + To force apt to use no Translation file use the setting <literal>Acquire::Languages=none</literal>. "<literal>none</literal>" + is another special meaning code which will stop the search for a fitting <filename>Translation</filename> file. + This can be used by the system administrator to let APT know that it should download also this files without + actually use them if not the environment specifies this languages. So the following example configuration will + result in the order "en, de" in an english and in "de, en" in a german localization. Note that "fr" is downloaded, + but not used if APT is not used in a french localization, in such an environment the order would be "fr, de, en". + <programlisting>Acquire::Languages { "environment"; "de"; "en"; "none"; "fr"; };</programlisting></para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> </para> </refsect1> @@ -976,6 +1004,7 @@ is commented. </listitem> </varlistentry> --> + </variablelist> </refsect1> |