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diff --git a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml index 852da8ad1..0090d21d9 100644 --- a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml +++ b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml @@ -113,10 +113,13 @@ <varlistentry><term>release</term> <listitem><para> The <literal>release</literal> command generates a Release file from a - directory tree. It recursively searches the given directory for - Packages, Packages.gz, Packages.bz2, Sources, Sources.gz, - Sources.bz2, Release and md5sum.txt files. It then writes to - stdout a Release file containing an MD5 digest and SHA1 digest + directory tree. It recursively searches the given directory for uncompressed + <filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Sources</filename> files and the ones + compressed with <command>gzip</command>, <command>bzip2</command> or <command>lzma</command> + as well as <filename>Release</filename> and <filename>md5sum.txt</filename> files by default + (<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Default-Patterns</literal>). Additional filename patterns + can be added by listing them in <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Patterns</literal>. + It then writes to stdout a Release file containing a MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 digest for each file.</para> <para> Values for the additional metadata fields in the Release file are |