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Options have the same syntax as every other field: A fieldname separated by
a colon (<literal>:</literal>) and optionally spaces from its value(s).
- Note especially that multiple values are separated by spaces, not by
- commas as in the one-line format. Multivalue fields like <literal>Architectures</literal>
- also have <literal>Architectures-Add</literal> and <literal>Architectures-Remove</literal>
+ Note especially that multiple values are separated by whitespaces (like spaces,
+ tabs and newlines), not by commas as in the one-line format.
+
+ Multivalue fields like <literal>Architectures</literal> also have
+ <literal>Architectures-Add</literal> and <literal>Architectures-Remove</literal>
to modify the default value rather than replacing it.
</para><para>
This is a new format supported by apt itself since version 1.1. Previous