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-rw-r--r--doc/apt.conf.5.xml9
-rw-r--r--doc/examples/configure-index5
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 734ae1fe7..fd50e377f 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -221,7 +221,14 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
<varlistentry><term>PDiffs</term>
<listitem><para>Try to download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for
Packages or Sources files instead of downloading whole ones. True
- by default.</para></listitem>
+ by default.</para>
+ <para>Two sub-options to limit the use of PDiffs are also available:
+ With <literal>FileLimit</literal> can be specified how many PDiff files
+ are downloaded at most to patch a file. <literal>SizeLimit</literal>
+ on the other hand is the maximum precentage of the size of all patches
+ compared to the size of the targeted file. If one of these limits is
+ exceeded the complete file is downloaded instead of the patches.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>Queue-Mode</term>
diff --git a/doc/examples/configure-index b/doc/examples/configure-index
index 0a20e8f2b..be461aaad 100644
--- a/doc/examples/configure-index
+++ b/doc/examples/configure-index
@@ -176,7 +176,10 @@ Acquire
Source-Symlinks "true";
PDiffs "true"; // try to get the IndexFile diffs
-
+ PDiffs::FileLimit "4"; // don't use diffs if we would need more than 4 diffs
+ PDiffs::SizeLimit "50"; // don't use diffs if size of all patches excess
+ // 50% of the size of the original file
+
// HTTP method configuration
http
{