designed to support any number of active sources and a variety of source
media. The files list one source per line (one line style) or contain multiline
stanzas defining one or more sources per stanza (deb822 style), with the
- most preferred source listed first. The information available from the
+ most preferred source listed first (in case a single version is available from more than one source). The information available from the
configured sources is acquired by <command>apt-get update</command> (or
by an equivalent command from another APT front-end).
</para>
(<option>target</option>) is a multivalue option defining
which download targets apt will try to acquire from this
source. If not specified, the default set is defined by the
- <option>APT::Acquire::Targets</option> configuration scope.
+ <option>Acquire::IndexTargets</option> configuration scope.
+ Aditionally, specific targets can be enabled or disabled by
+ using the identifier as field name instead of using this
+ multivalue option.
</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para><option>PDiffs</option> (<option>pdiffs</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 <option>Acquire::IndexTargets</option> scope,
+ which itself default to the value of configuration option
+ <option>Acquire::PDiffs</option> which defaults to
+ <literal>yes</literal>.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para><option>By-Hash</option> (<option>by-hash</option>)
+ can have the value "yes", "no" or "force" and controls if APT
+ should try to acquire indexes via an URI constructed from a
+ hashsum of the expected file instead of using the well-known
+ stable filename of the index. Using this can avoid hashsum
+ mismatches, but requires a supporting mirror. The value
+ "yes"/"no" activates/disables the use of this feature if this
+ source indicates support for it, while "force" will enable the
+ feature regardless of what the source indicates.
+ Defaults to the value of the option of the same name for a
+ specific index file defined in the
+ <option>Acquire::IndexTargets</option> scope, which itself
+ defaults to the value of configuration option
+ <option>Acquire::By-Hash</option> which defaults to
+ <literal>yes</literal>.
+ </para></listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
Further more, there are options which if set effect
The default value can't be set explicitly.
</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><option>Signed-By</option> (<option>signed-by</option>)
+ is either an absolute path to a keyring file (has to be
+ accessible and readable for the <literal>_apt</literal> user,
+ so ensure everyone has read-permissions on the file) or a
+ fingerprint of a key in either the
+ <filename>trusted.gpg</filename> keyring or in one of the
+ keyrings in the <filename>trusted.gpg.d/</filename> directory
+ (see <command>apt-key fingerprint</command>). If the option is
+ set only the key(s) in this keyring or only the key with this
+ fingerprint is used for the &apt-secure; verification of this
+ repository. Otherwise all keys in the trusted keyrings are
+ considered valid signers for this repository.
+ </para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para><option>Check-Valid-Until</option> (<option>check-valid-until</option>)
is a yes/no value which controls if APT should try to detect
replay attacks. A repository creator can declare until then the
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><option>Valid-Until-Min</option>
- (<option>check-valid-min</option>) and
+ (<option>valid-until-min</option>) and
<option>Valid-Until-Max</option>
(<option>valid-until-max</option>) can be used to raise or
lower the time period in seconds in which the data from this
repository is considered valid. -Max can be especially useful
if the repository provides no Valid-Until field on its Release
file to set your own value, while -Min can be used to increase
- the valid time on seldomly updated (local) mirrors of a more
+ the valid time on seldom updated (local) mirrors of a more
frequently updated but less accessible archive (which is in the
sources.list as well) instead of disabling the check entirely.
Default to the value of the configuration options