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| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt.conf.5.xml | 9 |
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 483fff9c3..85e80bb90 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ apt (0.7.26~exp5) UNRELEASED; urgency=low - If the Acquire::GzipIndexes option is true and we download a gzipped index file, keep it as it is (and rename to .gz) instead of uncompressing it. + * doc/apt.conf.5.xml: + - Document the new Acquire::GzipIndexes option. * Add test/test-indexes.sh: - Test behaviour of index retrieval and usage, in particular with uncompressed and gzip compressed indexes. diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml index c13ad4867..410489a73 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml @@ -411,6 +411,15 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; really prefer uncompressed files to support the usage of local mirrors.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term>GzipIndexes</term> + <listitem><para> + When downloading <literal>gzip</literal> compressed indexes (Packages, Sources, or + Translations), keep them gzip compressed locally instead of unpacking + them. This saves quite a lot of disk space at the expense of more CPU + requirements when building the local package caches. False by default. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term>Languages</term> <listitem><para>The Languages subsection controls which <filename>Translation</filename> files are downloaded and in which order APT tries to display the Description-Translations. APT will try to display the first |