Merge remote-tracking branch 'donkult/debian/sid' into debian/sid

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

diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 6a61acd2d4728948fbbc5f9759941771e0e71af4..9973fe42be54e99b3d6e511ea492fb6033641c23 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ APT {
 DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
 </programlisting></informalexample>
 
-   <para>In general the sample configuration file in 
-   <filename>&docdir;examples/apt.conf</filename> &configureindex;
+   <para>In general the sample configuration file &configureindex;
    is a good guide for how it should look.</para>
 
    <para>Case is not significant in names of configuration items, so in the
@@ -554,6 +553,18 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
      </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry><term><option>ForceIPv4</option></term>
+        <listitem><para>
+         When downloading, force to use only the IPv4 protocol.
+        </para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry><term><option>ForceIPv6</option></term>
+        <listitem><para>
+         When downloading, force to use only the IPv6 protocol.
+        </para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>
 
@@ -677,11 +688,17 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
      will abort. APT will pass the filenames of all .deb files it is going to
      install to the commands, one per line on standard input.</para>
 
-     <para>Version 2 of this protocol dumps more information, including the 
+     <para>Version 2 of this protocol dumps more information, including the
      protocol version, the APT configuration space and the packages, files
-     and versions being changed. Version 2 is enabled by setting 
-     <literal>DPkg::Tools::options::cmd::Version</literal> to 2. <literal>cmd</literal> is a
-     command given to <literal>Pre-Install-Pkgs</literal>.</para></listitem>
+     and versions being changed. Version 3 adds the architecture and <literal>MultiArch</literal>
+     flag to each version being dumped.</para>
+
+     <para>The version of the protocol to be used for the command
+     <literal><replaceable>cmd</replaceable></literal> can be chosen by setting
+     <literal>DPkg::Tools::options::<replaceable>cmd</replaceable>::Version</literal>
+     accordingly, the default being version 1. If APT isn't supporting the requested
+     version it will send the information in the highest version it has support for instead.
+     </para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry><term><option>Run-Directory</option></term>