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

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

2 files changed, 9 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>
diff --git a/doc/examples/configure-index b/doc/examples/configure-index
index f5f996460..333c8df7e 100644
--- a/doc/examples/configure-index
+++ b/doc/examples/configure-index
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ Acquire
     Max-Age "86400";     // 1 Day age on index files
     No-Store "false";    // Prevent the cache from storing archives    
     Dl-Limit "7";        // 7Kb/sec maximum download rate
+    User-Agent "Debian APT-HTTP/1.3";
   };
 
   // HTTPS method configuration:
@@ -204,6 +205,8 @@ Acquire
         CaPath  "/etc/ssl/certs";
         Verify-Host" "true";
         AllowRedirect  "true";
+
+        User-Agent "Debian APT-CURL/1.0";
   };
 
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