sources.list and indextargets option for pdiffs

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

diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
index 4eb3c0ba0c9cb528d6b98ae3552602cf831f1625..cfd98e545fa22d0fac271a41693272259a2e922c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml
+++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
@@ -226,6 +226,20 @@ deb-src [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] [component2] [.
                using the identifier as field name instead of using this
                multivalue option.
          </para></listitem>
+
+         <listitem><para><option>PDiffs</option> (<option>pdiffs</option>)
+               is a yes/no value which controls if APT should try to use PDiffs
+               to update old indexes instead of downloading the new indexes
+               entirely. The value of this option is ignored if the repository
+               doesn't announce the availability of PDiffs.  Defaults to the
+               value of the option with the same name for a specific index file
+               defined in the <option>Acquire::IndexTargets</option> scope,
+               which itself default to the value of configuration option
+               <option>Acquire::PDiffs</option> which defaults to
+               <literal>yes</literal>.
+         </para></listitem>
+
+
        </itemizedlist>
 
        Further more, there are options which if set effect