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

diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 02de89f3ba80e2d9273680b16fcb6613d5391f6e..1adc868e00721b63c1b6038a4e084162555014be 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -153,7 +153,15 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
      parsing package lists. The internal default is the architecture apt was 
      compiled for.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      parsing package lists. The internal default is the architecture apt was 
      compiled for.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

-     
+
+     <varlistentry><term>Architectures</term>
+     <listitem><para>All Architectures the system supports. Processors implementing the <literal>amd64</literal>
+     are e.g. also able to execute binaries compiled for <literal>i386</literal>; This list is use when fetching files and
+     parsing package lists. The internal default is always the native architecture (<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>)
+     and all foreign architectures it can retrieve by calling <command>dpkg --print-foreign-architectures</command>.
+     </para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+

      <varlistentry><term>Default-Release</term>
      <listitem><para>Default release to install packages from if more than one
      version available. Contains release name, codename or release version. Examples: 'stable', 'testing',
      <varlistentry><term>Default-Release</term>
      <listitem><para>Default release to install packages from if more than one
      version available. Contains release name, codename or release version. Examples: 'stable', 'testing',


@@ -259,14 +267,23 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
 
      <varlistentry><term>Max-ValidTime</term>
         <listitem><para>Seconds the Release file should be considered valid after
 
      <varlistentry><term>Max-ValidTime</term>
         <listitem><para>Seconds the Release file should be considered valid after

-        it was created. The default is "for ever" (0) if the Release file of the
-        archive doesn't include a <literal>Valid-Until</literal> header.
-        If it does then this date is the default. The date from the Release file or
-        the date specified by the creation time of the Release file
-        (<literal>Date</literal> header) plus the seconds specified with this
-        options are used to check if the validation of a file has expired by using
-        the earlier date of the two. Archive specific settings can be made by
-        appending the label of the archive to the option name.
+        it was created (indicated by the <literal>Date</literal> header).
+        If the Release file itself includes a <literal>Valid-Until</literal> header
+        the earlier date of the two is used as the expiration date.
+        The default value is <literal>0</literal> which stands for "for ever".
+        Archive specific settings can be made by appending the label of the archive
+        to the option name.
+        </para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry><term>Min-ValidTime</term>
+        <listitem><para>Minimum of seconds the Release file should be considered
+        valid after it was created (indicated by the <literal>Date</literal> header).
+        Use this if you need to use a seldomly updated (local) mirror of a more
+        regular updated archive with a <literal>Valid-Until</literal> header
+        instead of competely disabling the expiration date checking.
+        Archive specific settings can and should be used by appending the label of
+        the archive to the option name.

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