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-rw-r--r--doc/apt.conf.5.xml8
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-verbatim.ent b/doc/apt-verbatim.ent
index c9bb06123..0d0d95c7a 100644
--- a/doc/apt-verbatim.ent
+++ b/doc/apt-verbatim.ent
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@
</citerefentry>"
>
+<!ENTITY squid-deb-proxy-client "<citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle><command>squid-deb-proxy-client</command></refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>"
+>
+
<!ENTITY debsign "<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle><command>debsign</command></refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 42119baa5..e8da666c7 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -396,6 +396,14 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
<para><literal>Acquire::http::User-Agent</literal> can be used to set a different
User-Agent for the http download method as some proxies allow access for clients
only if the client uses a known identifier.</para>
+
+ <para><literal>Acquire::http::Proxy-Auto-Detect</literal> can be used to
+ specify a external command to discover the http proxy to use. Apt expects
+ the command to output the proxy on stdout in the style
+ <literal>http://proxy:port/</literal>. See the
+ &squid-deb-proxy-client; package for a example implementation that
+ uses avahi.</para>
+
</listitem>
</varlistentry>