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diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
index 837f07683..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
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
The format for a sources.list entry using the
deb and deb-src types is:
- deb uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]
+ deb [ options ] uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]
The URI for the deb type must specify the base of the
Debian distribution, from which APT will find the information it needs.
@@ -109,6 +109,22 @@
simultaneous anonymous users. APT also parallelizes connections to
different hosts to more effectively deal with sites with low bandwidth.
+ options is always optional and needs to be surounded by
+ 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 though that unsupported settings will be ignored silently:
+ arch=arch1,arch2,â¦
+ 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 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 authenticated sources as not authenticated.
+
+
It is important to list sources in order of preference, with the most
preferred source listed first. Typically this will result in sorting
by speed from fastest to slowest (CD-ROM followed by hosts on a local
@@ -124,24 +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
@@ -152,7 +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
@@ -163,14 +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
@@ -180,15 +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;.
@@ -206,6 +219,11 @@ deb http://security.debian.org/ &stable-codename;/updates main contrib non-free
Source line for the above
deb-src file:/home/jason/debian unstable main contrib non-free
+ The first line gets package information for the architectures in APT::Architectures
+ while the second always retrieves amd64 and armel.
+ deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main
+deb [ arch=amd64,armel ] http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main
+
Uses HTTP to access the archive at archive.debian.org, and uses only
the hamm/main area.
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive hamm main