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',