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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml index 39e2c8e6b..7b7290794 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml @@ -199,9 +199,20 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; anything that those packages depend on.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>Cache-Limit</term> - <listitem><para>APT uses a fixed size memory mapped cache file to store the 'available' - information. This sets the size of that cache (in bytes).</para></listitem> + <varlistentry><term>Cache-Start, Cache-Grow and Cache-Limit</term> + <listitem><para>APT uses since version 0.7.26 a resizable memory mapped cache file to store the 'available' + information. <literal>Cache-Start</literal> acts as a hint to which size the Cache will grow + and is therefore the amount of memory APT will request at startup. The default value is + 20971520 bytes (~20 MB). Note that these amount of space need to be available for APT + otherwise it will likely fail ungracefully, so for memory restricted devices these value should + be lowered while on systems with a lot of configured sources this might be increased. + <literal>Cache-Grow</literal> defines in byte with the default of 1048576 (~1 MB) how much + the Cache size will be increased in the event the space defined by <literal>Cache-Start</literal> + is not enough. These value will be applied again and again until either the cache is big + enough to store all information or the size of the cache reaches the <literal>Cache-Limit</literal>. + The default of <literal>Cache-Limit</literal> is 0 which stands for no limit. + If <literal>Cache-Grow</literal> is set to 0 the automatic grow of the cache is disabled. + </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term>Build-Essential</term> |