add config setting for User-Agent in http and https to the Acquire group,

thanks Timothy J. Miller! (Closes: #355782)

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index e2db9defb..726bca2cc 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -275,7 +275,12 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
      <para>The used bandwidth can be limited with <literal>Acquire::http::Dl-Limit</literal>
      which accepts integer values in kilobyte. The default value is 0 which deactivates
      the limit and tries uses as much as possible of the bandwidth (Note that this option implicit
-     deactivates the download from multiple servers at the same time.)</para></listitem>
+     deactivates the download from multiple servers at the same time.)</para>
+
+     <para><literal>Acquire::http::User-Agent</literal> can be used to set a different
+     User-Agent for the http download method as some proxies allow access for clients
+     only if the client uses a known identifier.</para>
+     </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry><term>https</term>