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authorJulian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>2015-12-27 19:11:16 +0100
committerJulian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>2015-12-27 19:12:03 +0100
commit341e0147dafd388804d48076e5d91f6f12be0aef (patch)
tree7e802a3abca09f28e3d95a433601c37900879dd4
parenta628ca5256b4a2f3ae300697b17adf150b6e17b0 (diff)
doc/acquire-additional-files.txt: Mention apt-helper cat-file
People should know that this is exists.
-rw-r--r--doc/acquire-additional-files.txt3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/acquire-additional-files.txt b/doc/acquire-additional-files.txt
index e156f68eb..32b0e4470 100644
--- a/doc/acquire-additional-files.txt
+++ b/doc/acquire-additional-files.txt
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ Additional optional properties:
this option to false to avoid problems with users setting the option
globally. On the other hand, if you set it to true or don't set it you
have to ensure your front-end can deal with all compressed fileformats
- supported by apt (libapt users can e.g. use FileFd).
+ supported by apt (libapt users can e.g. use FileFd, others can use
+ the cat-file command of /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper).
* flat{MetaKey,Description}: APT supports two types of repositories:
dists-style repositories which are the default and by far the most
common which are named after the fact that the files are in an