it more readable. Lists can be created by opening a scope an including a
single word enclosed in quotes followed by a semicolon.
In general the sample configuration file in
-em(/usr/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf) is a good guide for how it should look.
+em(/usr/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf) and
+em(/usr/doc/apt/examples/configure-index)
+is a good guide for how it should look.
All of the APT tools take a -o option which allows an arbitary configuration
directive to be specified on the command line. The syntax is a full option
with very large .deb files. Note: Squid 2.0.2 does not support any of
these options.
+The option bf(timeout) sets the timeout timer used by the method, this
+applies to all things including connection timeout and data timeout.
+
One setting is provided to control the pipeline depth in cases where the
remote server is not RFC conforming or buggy (such as Squid 2.0.2)
Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth can be a value from 0 to 5 indicating how many
by the ftp_proxy environment variable. To use a ftp proxy you will have to
set the ftp::ProxyLogin script in the configuration file. This entry
specifies the commands to send to tell the proxy server what to connect
-to. Please see em(/usr/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf) for an example of how
+to. Please see em(/usr/doc/apt/examples/configure-index) for an example of how
to do this. The subsitution variables available are $(PROXY_USER),
$(PROXY_PASS), $(SITE_USER), $(SITE_PASS), $(SITE), and $(SITE_PORT).
Each is taken from it's respective URI component.
+The option bf(timeout) sets the timeout timer used by the method, this
+applies to all things including connection timeout and data timeout.
+
Several settings are provided to control passive mode. Generally it is safe
to leave passive mode on, it works in nearly every environment. However some
situations require that passive mode be disabled and port mode ftp used
instead. This can be done globally, for connections that go through a proxy
or for a specific host (See the sample config file for examples)
+
It is possible to proxy FTP over HTTP by setting the em(ftp_proxy)
environment variable to a http url - see the discussion of the http method
above for syntax. You cannot set this in the configuration file and it is
bf(Options) this must be specified in list notation. The commands
are invoked in order using /bin/sh, should any fail APT will abort.
-dit(bf(BPre-Install-Pkgs))
+dit(bf(Pre-Install-Pkgs))
This is a list of shell commands to run before invoking dpkg. Like
bf(Options) this must be specified in list notation. The commands
are invoked in order using /bin/sh, should any fail APT will abort.
data in CDROM IDs.
manpagesection(EXAMPLES)
-bf(/usr/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf) contains a sample configuration file
-showing the default values for all possible options.
+bf(/usr/doc/apt/examples/configure-index.gz) contains a sample configuration
+file showing the default values for all possible options.
manpagesection(FILES)
/etc/apt/apt.conf