From 58014adc6df1772567e0bc32687f1a03cfcb49fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 15:34:43 +0200
Subject: * doc/apt.conf.5.xml:   - document APT::Architectures list (Closes:
 #612102)

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 doc/apt.conf.5.xml | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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

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',
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