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1 files changed, 43 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml index fcbf20dac..efe986ea8 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml @@ -1,15 +1,9 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ - -<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent"> -%aptent; - -<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent"> -%aptverbatiment; - -<!ENTITY % aptvendor SYSTEM "apt-vendor.ent"> -%aptvendor; +<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent"> %aptent; +<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent"> %aptverbatiment; +<!ENTITY % aptvendor SYSTEM "apt-vendor.ent"> %aptvendor; ]> <refentry> @@ -390,9 +384,9 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; <para>The setting <literal>Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth</literal> can be used to enable HTTP pipelining (RFC 2616 section 8.1.2.2) which can be beneficial e.g. on high-latency connections. It specifies how many requests are sent in a pipeline. - Previous APT versions had a default of 10 for this setting, but the default value - is now 0 (= disabled) to avoid problems with the ever-growing amount of webservers - and proxies which choose to not conform to the HTTP/1.1 specification.</para> + APT tries to detect and workaround misbehaving webservers and proxies at runtime, but + if you know that yours does not conform to the HTTP/1.1 specification pipelining can + be disabled by setting the value to 0. It is enabled by default with the value 10.</para> <para><literal>Acquire::http::AllowRedirect</literal> controls whether APT will follow redirects, which is enabled by default.</para> @@ -592,6 +586,38 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; </para></listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><option>MaxReleaseFileSize</option></term> + <listitem><para> + The maximum file size of Release/Release.gpg/InRelease files. + The default is 10MB. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry><term><option>AllowInsecureRepositories</option></term> + <listitem><para> + Allow the update operation to load data files from + a repository without a trusted signature. If enabled this + option no data files will be loaded and the update + operation fails with a error for this source. The default + is false for backward compatibility. This will be changed + in the future. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry><term><option>AllowDowngradeToInsecureRepositories</option></term> + <listitem><para> + Allow that a repository that was previously gpg signed to become + unsigned durign a update operation. When there is no valid signature + of a perviously trusted repository apt will refuse the update. This + option can be used to override this protection. You almost certainly + never want to enable this. The default is false. + + Note that apt will still consider packages from this source + untrusted and warn about them if you try to install + them. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> </refsect1> @@ -608,10 +634,11 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; information, such as the two package caches <literal>srcpkgcache</literal> and <literal>pkgcache</literal> as well as the location to place downloaded archives, <literal>Dir::Cache::archives</literal>. Generation of caches can be turned off - by setting their names to the empty string. This will slow down startup but - save disk space. It is probably preferable to turn off the pkgcache rather - than the srcpkgcache. Like <literal>Dir::State</literal> the default - directory is contained in <literal>Dir::Cache</literal></para> + by setting <literal>pkgcache</literal> or <literal>srcpkgcache</literal> to + <literal>""</literal>. This will slow down startup but save disk space. It + is probably preferable to turn off the pkgcache rather than the srcpkgcache. + Like <literal>Dir::State</literal> the default directory is contained in + <literal>Dir::Cache</literal></para> <para><literal>Dir::Etc</literal> contains the location of configuration files, <literal>sourcelist</literal> gives the location of the sourcelist and |