X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/c06b16a905570845c372f10bb0b310bd7a667945..b98f40fadef0ee5419e2315d82110869135e410f:/doc/sources.list.5.xml?ds=inline diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml index bb154b3b0..c758be61f 100644 --- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml +++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ sources.list 5 + APT @@ -48,9 +49,12 @@ sources.list.d The /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory provides - a way to add sources.list entries in seperate files that end with - .list. The format is the same as for the regular - sources.list file. + a way to add sources.list entries in separate files. + The format is the same as for the regular sources.list file. + 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 they will be silently ignored. The deb and deb-src types @@ -164,8 +168,8 @@ deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/stable-updates/ rshssh The rsh/ssh method invokes rsh/ssh to connect to a remote host - as a given user and access the files. No password authentication is - possible, prior arrangements with RSA keys or rhosts must have been made. + as a given user and access the files. It is a good idea to do prior + arrangements with RSA keys or rhosts. Access to files on the remote uses standard find and dd commands to perform the file transfers from the remote.