From 956145444e1a3b7f5e660f71904711f4ea5bd262 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Kalnischkies Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:39:31 +0100 Subject: document http options in new apt-transport-http manpage We had documentation for the http transport in our "catch-all" apt.conf manpage, but it seems benefitial to document transports in their own manpage instead of pushing them all into one. --- doc/sources.list.5.xml | 16 +++++++--------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/sources.list.5.xml') diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml index 694082bea..3f81dd515 100644 --- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml +++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml @@ -352,17 +352,15 @@ deb-src [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] [component2] [. The currently recognized URI types are: - http + http (&apt-transport-http;) The http scheme specifies an HTTP server for an archive and is the most - commonly used method, with many options in the - Acquire::http scope detailed in &apt-conf;. The URI can - directly include login information if the archive requires it, but the use - of &apt-authconf; should be preferred. The method also supports SOCKS5 and - HTTP(S) proxies either configured via apt-specific configuration or - specified by the environment variable http_proxy in the - format (assuming an HTTP proxy requiring authentication) - http://user:pass@server:port/. + commonly used method. The URI can directly include login information if the + archive requires it, but the use of &apt-authconf; should be preferred. + The method also supports SOCKS5 and HTTP(S) proxies either configured via + apt-specific configuration or specified by the environment variable + http_proxy in the format (assuming an HTTP proxy requiring + authentication) http://user:pass@server:port/. The authentication details for proxies can also be supplied via &apt-authconf;. Note that these forms of authentication are insecure as the whole -- cgit v1.2.3