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| author | Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> | 2024-12-24 13:45:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> | 2024-12-24 14:01:40 +0000 |
| commit | a389a93cc7f3b793b64392b5e52df35204627682 (patch) | |
| tree | c277a58e15c929ef14523232f78b6de2608cdb0a /doc | |
| parent | 560ef5de0197a0ec1ac293cf91a983748a6b379b (diff) | |
sources.list(5): Suggest VENDOR.sources for new systems
This matches the filename used by default in Ubuntu since Ubuntu 24.04,
and in Debian cloud images and the Debian images provided by docker.io
since Debian 12 (although not currently used in new installations via
debian-installer).
Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/sources.list.5.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml index 7d85629a1..454f00871 100644 --- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml +++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml @@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file, unless that file matches a pattern in the <literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> configuration list - in which case it will be silently ignored.</para> + <para> + The suggested filename for new systems is + <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/<replaceable>vendor</replaceable>.sources</filename>, + where <replaceable>vendor</replaceable> is the result of + <command>dpkg-vendor --query Vendor | tr A-Z a-z</command>, + in deb822-style format. + For example, + Ubuntu uses + <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources</filename>. + </para> </refsect1> <refsect1><title>One-Line-Style Format</title> |