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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml index 6aa0c9629..d71f99c0a 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml @@ -444,15 +444,20 @@ APT::Compressor::rev { only if the client uses a known identifier.</para> <para><literal>Acquire::http::Proxy-Auto-Detect</literal> can be used to - specify an external command to discover the http proxy to use. Apt expects - the command to output the proxy on stdout in the style - <literal>http://proxy:port/</literal>. This will override the - generic <literal>Acquire::http::Proxy</literal> but not any specific - host proxy configuration set via - <literal>Acquire::http::Proxy::$HOST</literal>. + specify an external command to discover the http proxy to use. The first + and only parameter is an URI denoting the host to be contacted to allow + for host-specific configuration. APT expects the command to output the + proxy on stdout as a single line in the style <literal>http://proxy:port/</literal> + or the word <literal>DIRECT</literal> if no proxy should be used. No output + indicates that the generic proxy settings should be used. + + Note that auto-detection will not be used for a host if a host-specific proxy + configuration is already set via <literal>Acquire::http::Proxy::<replaceable>HOST</replaceable></literal>. See the &squid-deb-proxy-client; package for an example implementation that - uses avahi. This option takes precedence over the legacy option name + uses avahi. + + This option takes precedence over the legacy option name <literal>ProxyAutoDetect</literal>. </para> |