From 1a3a14ac63b0c4f18de53a7bddcf79d20a5e814f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:13:00 +0200
Subject: sources.list and indextargets option for pdiffs

Disabling pdiffs can be useful occasionally, like if you have a fast
local mirror where the download doesn't matter, but still want to use it
for non-local mirrors. Also, some users might prefer it to only use it
for very big indextargets like Contents.
---
 doc/apt.conf.5.xml | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc/apt.conf.5.xml')

diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 920b42ba1..62dffadc4 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -334,8 +334,10 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
 
      <varlistentry><term><option>PDiffs</option></term>
 	 <listitem><para>Try to download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for
-	 indexes (like <filename>Packages</filename> files) instead of downloading
-	 whole ones. True by default.</para>
+	 indexes (like <filename>Packages</filename> files) instead of
+	 downloading whole ones. True by default. Preferably, this can be set
+	 for specific &sources-list; entries or index files by using the
+	 <option>PDiffs</option> option there.</para>
 	 <para>Two sub-options to limit the use of PDiffs are also available:
 	 <literal>FileLimit</literal> can be used to specify a maximum number of
 	 PDiff files should be downloaded to update a file. <literal>SizeLimit</literal>
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