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@@ -409,6 +409,17 @@ deb-src [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] [component2] [.
alternative.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><command>mirror</command>, <command>mirror+<replaceable>scheme</replaceable></command> (&apt-transport-mirror;)</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The mirror scheme specifies the location of a mirrorlist. By default the
+ scheme used for the location is <literal>http</literal>, but any other
+ scheme can be used via <command>mirror+<replaceable>scheme</replaceable></command>.
+ The mirrorlist itself can contain many different URIs for mirrors the APT client
+ can transparently pick, choose and fallback between intended to help both
+ with distributing the load over the available mirrors and ensuring that
+ clients can acquire data even if some configured mirrors are not available.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><command>file</command></term>
<listitem><para>