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| author | David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> | 2017-11-22 19:39:31 +0100 |
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| committer | David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> | 2018-01-03 18:55:41 +0100 |
| commit | 956145444e1a3b7f5e660f71904711f4ea5bd262 (patch) | |
| tree | 7ba59fc2f9d1d0f1110a37f00e596b91be91d559 /doc/sources.list.5.xml | |
| parent | 5b197e9de5376e191018562309e2d42123c27a1d (diff) | |
document http options in new apt-transport-http manpage
We had documentation for the http transport in our "catch-all" apt.conf
manpage, but it seems benefitial to document transports in their own
manpage instead of pushing them all into one.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/sources.list.5.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/sources.list.5.xml | 16 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml index 694082bea..3f81dd515 100644 --- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml +++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml @@ -352,17 +352,15 @@ deb-src [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] [component2] [. <para>The currently recognized URI types are: <variablelist> - <varlistentry><term><command>http</command></term> + <varlistentry><term><command>http</command> (&apt-transport-http;)</term> <listitem><para> The http scheme specifies an HTTP server for an archive and is the most - commonly used method, with many options in the - <literal>Acquire::http</literal> scope detailed in &apt-conf;. The URI can - directly include login information if the archive requires it, but the use - of &apt-authconf; should be preferred. The method also supports SOCKS5 and - HTTP(S) proxies either configured via apt-specific configuration or - specified by the environment variable <envar>http_proxy</envar> in the - format (assuming an HTTP proxy requiring authentication) - <replaceable>http://user:pass@server:port/</replaceable>. + commonly used method. The URI can directly include login information if the + archive requires it, but the use of &apt-authconf; should be preferred. + The method also supports SOCKS5 and HTTP(S) proxies either configured via + apt-specific configuration or specified by the environment variable + <envar>http_proxy</envar> in the format (assuming an HTTP proxy requiring + authentication) <replaceable>http://user:pass@server:port/</replaceable>. The authentication details for proxies can also be supplied via &apt-authconf;.</para> <para>Note that these forms of authentication are insecure as the whole |