/* This file is an index of all APT configuration directives. It should
NOT actually be used as a real config file, though it is (except for the
last line) a completely valid file. Most of the options have sane default
- values, unless you have specific needs you should NOT include arbitary
+ values, unless you have specific needs you should NOT include arbitrary
items in a custom configuration.
In some instances involving filenames it is possible to set the default
{
Architecture "i386";
Build-Essential "build-essential";
-
+
+ NeverAutoRemove { "linux-kernel.*"; }; // packages that should never
+ // considered for autoRemove
+
// Options for apt-get
Get
{
Arch-Only "false";
+ AutomaticRemove "false";
+ HideAutoRemove "false";
Download-Only "false";
Simulate "false";
Assume-Yes "false";
NoAct "false";
};
+ Update
+ {
+ Pre-Invoke {"touch /var/lib/apt/pre-update-stamp"; };
+ Post-Invoke {"touch /var/lib/apt/post-update-stamp"; };
+ };
+
+ Authentication
+ {
+ TrustCDROM "false"; // consider the CDROM always trusted
+ };
+
GPGV
{
TrustedKeyring "/etc/apt/trusted.gpg";
Cache-Limit "4194304";
Default-Release "";
+ // consider Recommends, Suggests as important dependencies that should
+ // be installed by default
+ Install-Recommends "false";
+ Install-Suggests "false";
+
+ // install recommends automatically for packages in this section
+ Install-Recommends-Section { "metapackages"; "universe/metapackages"; };
+
+ // consider dependencies of packages in this section manual
+ Never-MarkAuto-Sections {"metapackages"; "universe/metapackages"; };
// Write progress messages on this fd (for stuff like base-config)
Status-Fd "-1";
Queue-Mode "host"; // host|access
Retries "0";
Source-Symlinks "true";
+
+ PDiffs "true"; // try to get the IndexFile diffs
// HTTP method configuration
http
No-Cache "false";
Max-Age "86400"; // 1 Day age on index files
No-Store "false"; // Prevent the cache from storing archives
+ Dl-Limit "7"; // 7Kb/sec maximum download rate
+ };
+
+ // HTTPS method configuration:
+ // - uses the http proxy config
+ // - uses the http cache-control values
+ // - uses the http Dl-Limit values
+ https
+ {
+ Verify-Peer "false";
+ SslCert "/etc/apt/some.pem";
+ CaPath "/etc/ssl/certs";
+ Verify-Host" "2";
};
ftp
Timeout "120";
/* Passive mode control, proxy, non-proxy and per-host. Pasv mode
- is prefered if possible */
+ is preferred if possible */
Passive "true";
Proxy::Passive "true";
Passive::http.us.debian.org "true"; // Specific per-host setting
gpgv
{
- Options {"--ignore-time-conflict";} // not very usefull on a normal system
+ Options {"--ignore-time-conflict";} // not very useful on a normal system
+ };
+
+ mirror
+ {
+ RefreshInterval "360"; // refresh interval in minutes
+ MaxAge "90"; // max age for a mirror file in days before
+ // it gets deleted
+ // mirror failure reporting script
+ ProblemReporting "/usr/lib/apt/apt-report-mirror-failure";
+ // mirror failure reporting url
+ ReportFailures "http://example.com/mirror-failure";
};
+
+ // translations can be set here to "none", "environment" or "$locale"
+ Translation "none";
};
// Directory layout
userstatus "status.user";
status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
cdroms "cdroms.list";
+ mirrors "mirrors/";
};
// Location of the cache dir
apt-get "/usr/bin/apt-get";
apt-cache "/usr/bin/apt-cache";
};
+
+ // Location of the logfile
+ Log "var/log/apt" {
+ Terminal "term.log";
+ };
};
// Things that effect the APT dselect method
// Control the size of the command line passed to dpkg.
MaxBytes 1024;
MaxArgs 350;
+
+ // controls if apt will apport on the first dpkg error or if it
+ // tries to install as many packages as possible
+ StopOnError "true";
}
/* Options you can set to see some debugging text They correspond to names
Debug
{
pkgProblemResolver "false";
+ pkgDepCache::AutoInstall "false"; // what packages apt install to satify dependencies
pkgAcquire "false";
pkgAcquire::Worker "false";
+ pkgAcquire::Auth "false";
pkgDPkgPM "false";
pkgDPkgProgressReporting "false";
pkgOrderList "false";
-
+ pkgAutoRemove "false"; // show information about automatic removes
+ BuildDeps "false";
pkgInitialize "false"; // This one will dump the configuration space
NoLocking "false";
Acquire::Ftp "false"; // Show ftp command traffic
Acquire::Http "false"; // Show http command traffic
+ Acquire::Https "false"; // Show https debug
Acquire::gpgv "false"; // Show the gpgv traffic
+ Acquire::Mirror "false"; // Show debugging of the mirror method
aptcdrom "false"; // Show found package files
IdentCdrom "false";
-
}
/* Whatever you do, do not use this configuration file!! Take out ONLY