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diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml index 837f07683..fab125b4e 100644 --- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml +++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ <para>The format for a <filename>sources.list</filename> entry using the <literal>deb</literal> and <literal>deb-src</literal> types is:</para> - <literallayout>deb uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]</literallayout> + <literallayout>deb [ options ] uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]</literallayout> <para>The URI for the <literal>deb</literal> type must specify the base of the Debian distribution, from which APT will find the information it needs. @@ -109,6 +109,17 @@ simultaneous anonymous users. APT also parallelizes connections to different hosts to more effectively deal with sites with low bandwidth.</para> + <para><literal>options</literal> is always optional and needs to be surounded by + square brackets. It can consist of multiple settings in the form + <literal><replaceable>setting</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>. + Multiple settings are separated by spaces. The following settings are supported by APT, + note through that unsupported settings will be ignored silently: + <itemizedlist><listitem><para><literal>arch=<replaceable>arch1</replaceable>,<replaceable>arch2</replaceable>,…</literal> + can be used to specify for which architectures packages information should + be downloaded. If this option is not set all architectures defined by the + <literal>APT::Architectures</literal> option will be downloaded.</para> + </listitem></itemizedlist></para> + <para>It is important to list sources in order of preference, with the most preferred source listed first. Typically this will result in sorting by speed from fastest to slowest (CD-ROM followed by hosts on a local @@ -206,6 +217,11 @@ deb http://security.debian.org/ &stable-codename;/updates main contrib non-free <para>Source line for the above</para> <literallayout>deb-src file:/home/jason/debian unstable main contrib non-free</literallayout> + <para>The first line gets package information for the architectures in <literal>APT::Architectures</literal> + while the second always retrieves <literal>amd64</literal> and <literal>armel</literal>.</para> + <literallayout>deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main +deb [ arch=amd64,armel ] http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main</literallayout> + <para>Uses HTTP to access the archive at archive.debian.org, and uses only the hamm/main area.</para> <literallayout>deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive hamm main</literallayout> |