X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/35bf76cf3035761c8721e51250bbeb5f4facf8ee..d27daedb6a0bf672508072100f20233d08ccf0e0:/doc/apt.conf.5.xml diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml index 6b5ebf2d7..c1170578b 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ &apt-email; &apt-product; - 2012-06-09T00:00:00Z + 2015-12-02T00:00:00Z @@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ configuration list - in which case it will be silently ignored. the main configuration file specified by Dir::Etc::main + all options set in the binary specific configuration + subtree are moved into the root of the tree. the command line options are applied to override the configuration directives or to load even more configuration files. @@ -334,8 +336,10 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; Try to download deltas called PDiffs for - indexes (like Packages files) instead of downloading - whole ones. True by default. + indexes (like Packages files) instead of + downloading whole ones. True by default. Preferably, this can be set + for specific &sources-list; entries or index files by using the + option there. Two sub-options to limit the use of PDiffs are also available: FileLimit can be used to specify a maximum number of PDiff files should be downloaded to update a file. SizeLimit @@ -345,6 +349,16 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; + + Try to download indexes via an URI constructed from a + hashsum of the expected file rather than downloaded via a well-known + stable filename. True by default, but automatically disabled if the + source indicates no support for it. Usage can be forced with the special + value "force". Preferably, this can be set for specific &sources-list; entries + or index files by using the option there. + + + Queuing mode; Queue-Mode can be one of host or access which determines how APT parallelizes outgoing @@ -597,6 +611,15 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; + + + This option controls if apt will use the DNS SRV server record + as specified in RFC 2782 to select an alternative server to + connect to. + The default is "true". + + + Allow the update operation to load data files from @@ -634,7 +657,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; or Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Override::Origin::ORIGIN. The value should be a normal URI to a text file, expect that package specific data is - replaced with the placeholder CHANGEPATH. The + replaced with the placeholder @CHANGEPATH@. The value for it is: 1. if the package is from a component (e.g. main) this is the first part otherwise it is omitted, 2. the first letter of source package name, expect if the source package name starts with 'lib' in which case it will @@ -652,6 +675,24 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; + Binary specific configuration + Especially with the introduction of the apt binary + it can be useful to set certain options only for a specific binary as + even options which look like they would effect only a certain binary like + effect + apt-get as well as apt. + + Setting an option for a specific binary only can be achieved by + setting the option inside the + + scope. Setting the option for + the apt only can e.g. by done by setting + instead. + Note that as seen in the DESCRIPTION section further above you can't + set binary-specific options on the commandline itself nor in + configuration files loaded via the commandline. + + Directories The Dir::State section has directories that pertain to local @@ -775,10 +816,34 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; install to the commands, one per line on the requested file descriptor, defaulting to standard input. - 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 3 adds the architecture and MultiArch - flag to each version being dumped. + Version 2 of this protocol sends more information through the requested + file descriptor: a line with the text VERSION 2, + the APT configuration space, and a list of package actions with filename + and version information. + + Each configuration directive line has the form + key=value. Special characters (equal signs, newlines, + nonprintable characters, quotation marks, and percent signs in + key and newlines, nonprintable characters, and percent + signs in value) are %-encoded. Lists are represented + by multiple key::=value lines with the same key. The + configuration section ends with a blank line. + + Package action lines consist of five fields in Version 2: old version, direction + of version change (< for upgrades, > for downgrades, = for no + change), new version, action. The version fields are "-" for no version + at all (for example when installing a package for the first time; no + version is treated as earlier than any real version, so that is an + upgrade, indicated as - < 1.23.4). The action field + is "**CONFIGURE**" if the package is being configured, "**REMOVE**" if it + is being removed, or the filename of a .deb file if it is being + unpacked. + + In Version 3 after each version field follows the architecture + of this version, which is "-" if there is no version, and a field showing + the MultiArch type "same", foreign", "allowed" or "none". Note that "none" + is an incorrect typename which is just kept to remain compatible, it + should be read as "no" and users are encouraged to support both. The version of the protocol to be used for the command cmd can be chosen by setting