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| author | David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com> | 2009-10-13 20:07:59 +0200 |
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| committer | David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com> | 2009-10-13 20:07:59 +0200 |
| commit | 71bba383561308577a6ae1acea136428721a5f36 (patch) | |
| tree | a86c2bf541819c094ded0aa99a972de57971d386 /doc/sources.list.5.xml | |
| parent | f66a64c26cb60656255c89fcd4fc757422d9545a (diff) | |
add a note about the possibility to support more URI types by installing
some apt-transport-methods packages, e.g. https and debtorrent.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/sources.list.5.xml | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml index c758be61f..379112c83 100644 --- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml +++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml @@ -174,6 +174,18 @@ deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/stable-updates/ <command>dd</command> commands to perform the file transfers from the remote.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry><term>more recongnizable URI types</term> + <listitem><para> + APT can be extended with more methods shipped in other optional packages which should + follow the nameing scheme <literal>apt-transport-<replaceable>method</replaceable></literal>. + The APT team e.g. maintain also the <literal>apt-transport-https</literal> package which + provides access methods for https-URIs with features similiar to the http method, but other + methods for using e.g. debtorrent are also available, see <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle><filename>apt-transport-debtorrent</filename></refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> </variablelist> </para> </refsect1> |