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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
designed to support any number of active sources and a variety of source
media. The files list one source per line (one line style) or contain multiline
stanzas defining one or more sources per stanza (deb822 style), with the
- most preferred source listed first. The information available from the
+ most preferred source listed first (in case a single version is available from more than one source). The information available from the
configured sources is acquired by apt-get update (or
by an equivalent command from another APT front-end).
@@ -221,8 +221,41 @@ deb-src [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] [component2] [.
() is a multivalue option defining
which download targets apt will try to acquire from this
source. If not specified, the default set is defined by the
- configuration scope.
+ configuration scope.
+ Aditionally, specific targets can be enabled or disabled by
+ using the identifier as field name instead of using this
+ multivalue 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 scope,
+ which itself default to the value of configuration option
+ which defaults to
+ yes.
+
+
+ ()
+ can have the value "yes", "no" or "force" and controls if APT
+ should try to acquire indexes via an URI constructed from a
+ hashsum of the expected file instead of using the well-known
+ stable filename of the index. Using this can avoid hashsum
+ mismatches, but requires a supporting mirror. The value
+ "yes"/"no" activates/disables the use of this feature if this
+ source indicates support for it, while "force" will enable the
+ feature regardless of what the source indicates.
+ Defaults to the value of the option of the same name for a
+ specific index file defined in the
+ scope, which itself
+ defaults to the value of configuration option
+ which defaults to
+ yes.
+
+
Further more, there are options which if set effect
@@ -232,6 +265,20 @@ deb-src [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] [component2] [.
anomalies.
+ ()
+ is a tri-state value which defaults to APT deciding if a source
+ is considered trusted or if warnings should be raised before e.g.
+ packages are installed from this source. This option can be used
+ to override this decision either with the value yes,
+ which lets APT consider this source always as a trusted source
+ even if it has no or fails authentication checks by disabling parts
+ of &apt-secure; and should therefore only be used in a local and trusted
+ context (if at all) as otherwise security is breached. The opposite
+ can be achieved with the value no, which causes the source to be handled
+ as untrusted even if the authentication checks passed successfully.
+ The default value can't be set explicitly.
+
+
()
is either an absolute path to a keyring file (has to be
accessible and readable for the _apt user,
@@ -264,14 +311,14 @@ deb-src [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] [component2] [.
- () and
+ () and
() can be used to raise or
lower the time period in seconds in which the data from this
repository is considered valid. -Max can be especially useful
if the repository provides no Valid-Until field on its Release
file to set your own value, while -Min can be used to increase
- the valid time on seldomly updated (local) mirrors of a more
+ the valid time on seldom updated (local) mirrors of a more
frequently updated but less accessible archive (which is in the
sources.list as well) instead of disabling the check entirely.
Default to the value of the configuration options