methods/gzip.cc: With FileFd now being able to read gzipped files, there

[apt.git] / doc / apt.conf.5.xml

diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index c13ad486739d3842375cd2496fc12c502bcebe5a..410489a730def7916ea51cf07d1ffbac043e586f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -411,6 +411,15 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
      really prefer uncompressed files to support the usage of local mirrors.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry><term>GzipIndexes</term>
+        <listitem><para>
+        When downloading <literal>gzip</literal> compressed indexes (Packages, Sources, or
+        Translations), keep them gzip compressed locally instead of unpacking
+        them. This saves quite a lot of disk space at the expense of more CPU
+        requirements when building the local package caches. False by default.
+        </para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry><term>Languages</term>
      <listitem><para>The Languages subsection controls which <filename>Translation</filename> files are downloaded
      and in which order APT tries to display the Description-Translations. APT will try to display the first