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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 2b2430c8353b98bfa698f6290eb217190d6e5ae3..c0c247ae96b13c8376bae6346c486dc9f08bc7ae 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
      standard form of <literal>http://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal>. Per 
      host proxies can also be specified by using the form 
      <literal>http::Proxy::&lt;host&gt;</literal> with the special keyword <literal>DIRECT</literal> 
-     meaning to use no proxies. The <envar>http_proxy</envar> environment variable
-     will override all settings.</para>
+        meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above settings is specified,
+        <envar>http_proxy</envar> environment variable
+        will be used.</para>
 
      <para>Three settings are provided for cache control with HTTP/1.1 compliant 
      proxy caches. <literal>No-Cache</literal> tells the proxy to not use its cached 
@@ -252,9 +253,13 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
         </para></listitem></varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry><term>ftp</term>
-     <listitem><para>FTP URIs; ftp::Proxy is the default proxy server to use. It is in the 
-     standard form of <literal>ftp://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal> and is 
-     overridden by the <envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable. To use a ftp 
+     <listitem><para>FTP URIs; ftp::Proxy is the default ftp proxy to use. It is in the 
+     standard form of <literal>ftp://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal>. Per 
+     host proxies can also be specified by using the form 
+     <literal>ftp::Proxy::&lt;host&gt;</literal> with the special keyword <literal>DIRECT</literal> 
+        meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above settings is specified,
+        <envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable
+        will be used. To use a ftp 
      proxy you will have to set the <literal>ftp::ProxyLogin</literal> script in the 
      configuration file. This entry specifies the commands to send to tell 
      the proxy server what to connect to. Please see 
@@ -303,6 +308,20 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
      </para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry><term>CompressionTypes</term>
+     <listitem><para>List of compression types which are understood by the acquire methods.
+     Files like <filename>Packages</filename> can be available in various compression formats.
+     This list defines in which order the acquire methods will try to download these files.
+     Per default <command>bzip2</command> compressed files will be prefered over
+     <command>lzma</command>, <command>gzip</command> and uncompressed files. The syntax for
+     the configuration fileentry is
+     <synopsis>Acquire::CompressionTypes::<replaceable>FileExtension</replaceable> "<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable>";</synopsis>
+     e.g. <synopsis>Acquire::CompressionTypes::bz2 "bzip2";</synopsis>
+     Note that at runtime the <literal>Dir::Bin::<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable></literal> will
+     be checked: If this setting exists the method will only be used if this file exists, e.g. for
+     the bzip2 method above (the inbuilt) setting is <literallayout>Dir::Bin::bzip2 "/bin/bzip2";</literallayout>
+     </para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
   </para>
  </refsect1>
@@ -337,6 +356,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
 
    <para>Binary programs are pointed to by <literal>Dir::Bin</literal>. <literal>Dir::Bin::Methods</literal> 
    specifies the location of the method handlers and <literal>gzip</literal>, 
+   <literal>bzip2</literal>, <literal>lzma</literal>,
    <literal>dpkg</literal>, <literal>apt-get</literal> <literal>dpkg-source</literal> 
    <literal>dpkg-buildpackage</literal> and <literal>apt-cache</literal> specify the location
    of the respective programs.</para>
@@ -822,7 +842,17 @@ is commented.
  </refsect1>
  
  <refsect1><title>Files</title>
-   <para><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></para>
+   <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></term>
+      <listitem><para>APT configuration file.
+      Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Main</literal>.</para></listitem> 
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>
+      <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments.
+      Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal>.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+   </variablelist>
  </refsect1>
  
  <refsect1><title>See Also</title>