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configured sources is acquired by <command>apt-get update</command> (or
by an equivalent command from another APT front-end).
</para>
+ <para>
+ If multiple source lists are used,
+ the most-preferred sources are those listed in
+ <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>,
+ followed by each file in
+ <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/</filename>
+ in lexicographic order:
+ for example,
+ <filename>00-high-preference.list</filename>
+ is more-preferred than
+ <filename>50-middle-preference.sources</filename>
+ which is more-preferred than
+ <filename>z-low-preference.list</filename>.
+ </para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>sources.list.d</title>