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diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
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--- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml
+++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-
%aptent;
@@ -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
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@
File names need to end with
.list and may only contain letters (a-z and A-Z),
digits (0-9), underscore (_), hyphen (-) and period (.) characters.
- Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file if the file
- doesn't match a pattern in the Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently
+ Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file, unless that
+ file matches a pattern in the Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently
configuration list - in this case it will be silently ignored.
@@ -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;.