From 1a3a14ac63b0c4f18de53a7bddcf79d20a5e814f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Kalnischkies 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/sources.list.5.xml | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/sources.list.5.xml') diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml index 4eb3c0ba0..cfd98e545 100644 --- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml +++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml @@ -226,6 +226,20 @@ deb-src [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] [component2] [. using the identifier as field name instead of using this multivalue option. + + () + is a yes/no value which controls if APT should try to use PDiffs + to update old indexes instead of downloading the new indexes + entirely. The value of this option is ignored if the repository + doesn't announce the availability of PDiffs. Defaults to the + value of the option with the same name for a specific index file + defined in the scope, + which itself default to the value of configuration option + which defaults to + yes. + + + Further more, there are options which if set effect -- cgit v1.2.3