* doc/apt-key.8.xml, doc/apt-mark.8.xml,

[apt.git] / doc / sources.list.5.xml

diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
index fab125b4e701971962a243591aa021f3b45f2370..931e96b79bbce5c0f7033e35ce699ded32386ffb 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml
+++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>

-<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
-  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [

 
 <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
 %aptent;
 
 <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
 %aptent;


@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
    &apt-email;
    &apt-product;
    <!-- The last update date -->
    &apt-email;
    &apt-product;
    <!-- The last update date -->

-   <date>29 February 2004</date>
+   <date>2004-02-29T00:00:00Z</date>

  </refentryinfo>
  
  <refmeta>
  </refentryinfo>
  
  <refmeta>


@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  <refsect1><title>Description</title>
    <para>The package resource list is used to locate archives of the package
    distribution system in use on the system. At this time, this manual page
  <refsect1><title>Description</title>
    <para>The package resource list is used to locate archives of the package
    distribution system in use on the system. At this time, this manual page

-   documents only the packaging system used by the Debian GNU/Linux system.
+   documents only the packaging system used by the Debian system.

    This control file is <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>.</para>
 
    <para>The source list is designed to support any number of active sources and a
    This control file is <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>.</para>
 
    <para>The source list is designed to support any number of active sources and a


@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@
    File names need to end with
    <filename>.list</filename> and may only contain letters (a-z and A-Z),
    digits (0-9), underscore (_), hyphen (-) and period (.) characters.
    File names need to end with
    <filename>.list</filename> and may only contain letters (a-z and A-Z),
    digits (0-9), underscore (_), hyphen (-) and period (.) characters.

-   Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file if the file
-   doesn't match a pattern in the <literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal>
+   Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file, unless that
+   file matches a pattern in the <literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal>

    configuration list - in this case it will be silently ignored.</para>
  </refsect1>
 
    configuration list - in this case it will be silently ignored.</para>
  </refsect1>
 


@@ -113,12 +113,17 @@
    square brackets. It can consist of multiple settings in the form
    <literal><replaceable>setting</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>.
    Multiple settings are separated by spaces. The following settings are supported by APT,
    square brackets. It can consist of multiple settings in the form
    <literal><replaceable>setting</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>.
    Multiple settings are separated by spaces. The following settings are supported by APT,

-   note through that unsupported settings will be ignored silently:
+   note though that unsupported settings will be ignored silently:

    <itemizedlist><listitem><para><literal>arch=<replaceable>arch1</replaceable>,<replaceable>arch2</replaceable>,…</literal>
    can be used to specify for which architectures packages information should
    be downloaded. If this option is not set all architectures defined by the
    <itemizedlist><listitem><para><literal>arch=<replaceable>arch1</replaceable>,<replaceable>arch2</replaceable>,…</literal>
    can be used to specify for which architectures packages information should
    be downloaded. If this option is not set all architectures defined by the

-   <literal>APT::Architectures</literal> option will be downloaded.</para>
-   </listitem></itemizedlist></para>
+   <literal>APT::Architectures</literal> option will be downloaded.</para></listitem>
+   <listitem><para><literal>trusted=yes</literal> can be set to indicate that packages
+   from this source are always authenticated even if the <filename>Release</filename> file
+   is not signed or the signature can't be checked. This disables parts of &apt-secure;
+   and should therefore only be used in a local and trusted context. <literal>trusted=no</literal>
+   is the opposite which handles even correctly authenticated sources as not authenticated.</para></listitem>
+   </itemizedlist></para>

 
    <para>It is important to list sources in order of preference, with the most
    preferred source listed first. Typically this will result in sorting
 
    <para>It is important to list sources in order of preference, with the most
    preferred source listed first. Typically this will result in sorting


@@ -135,24 +140,23 @@ deb http://security.debian.org/ &stable-codename;/updates main contrib non-free
 
  <refsect1><title>URI specification</title>
 
 
  <refsect1><title>URI specification</title>
 

-   <para>The currently recognized URI types are cdrom, file, http, ftp, copy,
-   ssh, rsh.
+    <para>The currently recognized URI types are:

    <variablelist>
    <variablelist>

-    <varlistentry><term>file</term>
+    <varlistentry><term><command>file</command></term>

     <listitem><para>
     The file scheme allows an arbitrary directory in the file system to be
     considered an archive. This is useful for NFS mounts and local mirrors or
     archives.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     
     <listitem><para>
     The file scheme allows an arbitrary directory in the file system to be
     considered an archive. This is useful for NFS mounts and local mirrors or
     archives.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     

-    <varlistentry><term>cdrom</term>
+    <varlistentry><term><command>cdrom</command></term>

     <listitem><para>
     <listitem><para>

-    The cdrom scheme allows APT to use a local CDROM drive with media
+    The cdrom scheme allows APT to use a local CD-ROM drive with media

     swapping. Use the &apt-cdrom; program to create cdrom entries in the
     source list.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
     swapping. Use the &apt-cdrom; program to create cdrom entries in the
     source list.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 

-    <varlistentry><term>http</term>
+    <varlistentry><term><command>http</command></term>

     <listitem><para>
     The http scheme specifies an HTTP server for the archive. If an environment
     variable <envar>http_proxy</envar> is set with the format 
     <listitem><para>
     The http scheme specifies an HTTP server for the archive. If an environment
     variable <envar>http_proxy</envar> is set with the format 


@@ -163,7 +167,7 @@ deb http://security.debian.org/ &stable-codename;/updates main contrib non-free
     Note that this is an insecure method of authentication.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
     Note that this is an insecure method of authentication.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 

-    <varlistentry><term>ftp</term>
+    <varlistentry><term><command>ftp</command></term>

     <listitem><para>
     The ftp scheme specifies an FTP server for the archive. APT's FTP behavior
     is highly configurable; for more information see the
     <listitem><para>
     The ftp scheme specifies an FTP server for the archive. APT's FTP behavior
     is highly configurable; for more information see the


@@ -174,14 +178,14 @@ deb http://security.debian.org/ &stable-codename;/updates main contrib non-free
     the configuration file will be ignored.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
     the configuration file will be ignored.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 

-    <varlistentry><term>copy</term>
+    <varlistentry><term><command>copy</command></term>

     <listitem><para>
     The copy scheme is identical to the file scheme except that packages are
     copied into the cache directory instead of used directly at their location.
     This is useful for people using a zip disk to copy files around with APT.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     
     <listitem><para>
     The copy scheme is identical to the file scheme except that packages are
     copied into the cache directory instead of used directly at their location.
     This is useful for people using a zip disk to copy files around with APT.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     

-    <varlistentry><term>rsh</term><term>ssh</term>
+    <varlistentry><term><command>rsh</command></term><term><command>ssh</command></term>

     <listitem><para>
     The rsh/ssh method invokes rsh/ssh to connect to a remote host
        as a given user and access the files. It is a good idea to do prior
     <listitem><para>
     The rsh/ssh method invokes rsh/ssh to connect to a remote host
        as a given user and access the files. It is a good idea to do prior


@@ -191,15 +195,13 @@ deb http://security.debian.org/ &stable-codename;/updates main contrib non-free
     commands to perform the file transfers from the remote.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
     commands to perform the file transfers from the remote.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 

-    <varlistentry><term>more recognizable URI types</term>
+    <varlistentry><term>adding more recognizable URI types</term>

     <listitem><para>
     APT can be extended with more methods shipped in other optional packages which should
     <listitem><para>
     APT can be extended with more methods shipped in other optional packages which should

-    follow the nameing scheme <literal>apt-transport-<replaceable>method</replaceable></literal>.
-    The APT team e.g. maintains also the <literal>apt-transport-https</literal> package which
+    follow the nameing scheme <package>apt-transport-<replaceable>method</replaceable></package>.
+    The APT team e.g. maintains also the <package>apt-transport-https</package> package which

     provides access methods for https-URIs with features similar to the http method, but other
     provides access methods for https-URIs with features similar to the http method, but other

-    methods for using e.g. debtorrent are also available, see <citerefentry>
-    <refentrytitle><filename>apt-transport-debtorrent</filename></refentrytitle>
-    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+    methods for using e.g. debtorrent are also available, see &apt-transport-debtorrent;.

     </para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
     </para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>