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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml index e47418b27..b875086ef 100644 --- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml +++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml @@ -48,9 +48,12 @@ <refsect1><title>sources.list.d</title> <para>The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d</filename> directory provides - a way to add sources.list entries in seperate files that end with - <literal>.list</literal>. The format is the same as for the regular - <filename>sources.list</filename> file. </para> + a way to add sources.list entries in separate files. + The format is the same as for the regular <filename>sources.list</filename> file. + File names need to end with + <filename>.list</filename> and may only contain letters (a-z and A-Z), + digits (0-9), underscore (_), hyphen (-) and period (.) characters. + Otherwise they will be silently ignored.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1><title>The deb and deb-src types</title> @@ -115,7 +118,8 @@ deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/stable-updates/ <refsect1><title>URI specification</title> - <para>The currently recognized URI types are cdrom, file, http, and ftp. + <para>The currently recognized URI types are cdrom, file, http, ftp, copy, + ssh, rsh. <variablelist> <varlistentry><term>file</term> <listitem><para> @@ -163,8 +167,8 @@ deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/stable-updates/ <varlistentry><term>rsh</term><term>ssh</term> <listitem><para> The rsh/ssh method invokes rsh/ssh to connect to a remote host - as a given user and access the files. No password authentication is - possible, prior arrangements with RSA keys or rhosts must have been made. + as a given user and access the files. It is a good idea to do prior + arrangements with RSA keys or rhosts. Access to files on the remote uses standard <command>find</command> and <command>dd</command> commands to perform the file transfers from the remote.</para></listitem> |