X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/3952f883f3b60aaebe538afe3e8fb2b9f75c9262..a43969828e379a0b168079ca5abd8d8a89af01a4:/doc/sources.list.5.xml?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml index bf8356348..d132b399c 100644 --- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml +++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - %aptent; @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ &apt-email; &apt-product; - 29 February 2004 + 2004-02-29T00:00:00Z @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Description The package resource list is used to locate archives of the package distribution system in use on the system. At this time, this manual page - documents only the packaging system used by the Debian GNU/Linux system. + documents only the packaging system used by the Debian system. This control file is /etc/apt/sources.list. The source list is designed to support any number of active sources and a @@ -113,16 +113,16 @@ square brackets. It can consist of multiple settings in the form setting=value. Multiple settings are separated by spaces. The following settings are supported by APT, - note through that unsupported settings will be ignored silently: + note though that unsupported settings will be ignored silently: arch=arch1,arch2,… can be used to specify for which architectures packages information should be downloaded. If this option is not set all architectures defined by the APT::Architectures option will be downloaded. trusted=yes can be set to indicate that packages - from this source are always authenificated even if the Release file + from this source are always authenticated even if the Release file is not signed or the signature can't be checked. This disables parts of &apt-secure; and should therefore only be used in a local and trusted context. trusted=no - is the opposite which handles even correctly authenificated sources as not authenificated. + is the opposite which handles even correctly authenticated sources as not authenticated. It is important to list sources in order of preference, with the most @@ -140,24 +140,23 @@ deb http://security.debian.org/ &stable-codename;/updates main contrib non-free URI specification - The currently recognized URI types are cdrom, file, http, ftp, copy, - ssh, rsh. + The currently recognized URI types are: - file + file The file scheme allows an arbitrary directory in the file system to be considered an archive. This is useful for NFS mounts and local mirrors or archives. - cdrom + cdrom - The cdrom scheme allows APT to use a local CDROM drive with media + The cdrom scheme allows APT to use a local CD-ROM drive with media swapping. Use the &apt-cdrom; program to create cdrom entries in the source list. - http + http The http scheme specifies an HTTP server for the archive. If an environment variable http_proxy is set with the format @@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ deb http://security.debian.org/ &stable-codename;/updates main contrib non-free Note that this is an insecure method of authentication. - ftp + ftp The ftp scheme specifies an FTP server for the archive. APT's FTP behavior is highly configurable; for more information see the @@ -179,14 +178,14 @@ deb http://security.debian.org/ &stable-codename;/updates main contrib non-free the configuration file will be ignored. - copy + copy The copy scheme is identical to the file scheme except that packages are copied into the cache directory instead of used directly at their location. This is useful for people using a zip disk to copy files around with APT. - rshssh + rshssh The rsh/ssh method invokes rsh/ssh to connect to a remote host as a given user and access the files. It is a good idea to do prior @@ -196,15 +195,13 @@ deb http://security.debian.org/ &stable-codename;/updates main contrib non-free commands to perform the file transfers from the remote. - more recognizable URI types + adding more recognizable URI types APT can be extended with more methods shipped in other optional packages which should - follow the nameing scheme apt-transport-method. - The APT team e.g. maintains also the apt-transport-https package which + follow the nameing scheme apt-transport-method. + The APT team e.g. maintains also the apt-transport-https package which provides access methods for https-URIs with features similar to the http method, but other - methods for using e.g. debtorrent are also available, see - apt-transport-debtorrent - 1. + methods for using e.g. debtorrent are also available, see &apt-transport-debtorrent;.