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-rw-r--r--doc/apt.conf.5.xml10
-rw-r--r--doc/examples/configure-index1
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 02de89f3b..2634c47a9 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -153,7 +153,15 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
parsing package lists. The internal default is the architecture apt was
compiled for.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
+
+ <varlistentry><term>Architectures</term>
+ <listitem><para>All Architectures the system supports. Processors implementing the <literal>amd64</literal>
+ are e.g. also able to execute binaries compiled for <literal>i386</literal>; This list is use when fetching files and
+ parsing package lists. The internal default is always the native architecture (<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>)
+ and all foreign architectures it can retrieve by calling <command>dpkg --print-foreign-architectures</command>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term>Default-Release</term>
<listitem><para>Default release to install packages from if more than one
version available. Contains release name, codename or release version. Examples: 'stable', 'testing',
diff --git a/doc/examples/configure-index b/doc/examples/configure-index
index 6884e06e3..27232d40b 100644
--- a/doc/examples/configure-index
+++ b/doc/examples/configure-index
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ quiet::NoUpdate "true"; // never update progress information - included in -q=1
APT
{
Architecture "i386";
+ Architectures { "amd64"; "armel"; };
Build-Essential "build-essential";
NeverAutoRemove { "linux-image.*"; }; // packages that should never