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| author | Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> | 2013-10-25 12:23:11 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> | 2013-10-25 12:23:11 +0200 |
| commit | c57805f9d9295541840b5775573ba51d079a11cc (patch) | |
| tree | 435ac63b53a327677283655380fa2bd89c8dfde2 /doc/apt.conf.5.xml | |
| parent | 4b9969da40ff1dff2f5787feff5103c873c57f7f (diff) | |
improve documentation for Acquire::http::Proxy-Auto-Detect (thanks to Francesco Poli)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt.conf.5.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt.conf.5.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml index e8da666c7..428c0d2db 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml @@ -398,11 +398,17 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; only if the client uses a known identifier.</para> <para><literal>Acquire::http::Proxy-Auto-Detect</literal> can be used to - specify a external command to discover the http proxy to use. Apt expects + specify an external command to discover the http proxy to use. Apt expects the command to output the proxy on stdout in the style - <literal>http://proxy:port/</literal>. See the - &squid-deb-proxy-client; package for a example implementation that - uses avahi.</para> + <literal>http://proxy:port/</literal>. This will override the + generic <literal>Acquire::http::Proxy</literal> but not any specific + host proxy configuration set via + <literal>Acquire::http::Proxy::$HOST</literal>. + + See the &squid-deb-proxy-client; package for an example implementation that + uses avahi. This option takes precedence over the legacy option name + <literal>ProxyAutoDetect</literal>. + </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |