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diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.yo b/doc/sources.list.5.yo index e468ce3d4..605f46c50 100644 --- a/doc/sources.list.5.yo +++ b/doc/sources.list.5.yo @@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ Note that this is an insecure method of authentication. dit(bf(ftp)) The ftp scheme specifies an FTP server for the archive. APT's FTP behavior is highly configurable; for more information see the -bf(apt.conf(5)) manual page. +bf(apt.conf(5)) manual page. Please note that a ftp proxy can be specified +by using the ftp_proxy environment variable. It is possible to specify a http +proxy (http proxy servers often understand ftp urls) using this method and +ONLY this method. ftp proxies using http specified in the configuration +file will be ignored. dit(bf(copy)) The copy scheme is identical to the file scheme except that packages are |