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diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
index 837f07683..08928109a 100644
--- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml
+++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
@@ -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
@@ -206,6 +222,11 @@ 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