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1 /* This file is an index of all APT configuration directives. It should
2 NOT actually be used as a real config file, though it is (except for the
3 last line) a completely valid file. Most of the options have sane default
4 values, unless you have specific needs you should NOT include arbitrary
5 items in a custom configuration.
6
7 In some instances involving filenames it is possible to set the default
8 directory when the path is evaluated. This means you can use relative
9 paths within the sub scope.
10
11 The configuration directives are specified in a tree with {} designating
12 a subscope relative to the tag before the {}. You can further specify
13 a subscope using scope notation eg,
14 APT::Architecture "i386";
15 This is prefixed with the current scope. Scope notation must be used
16 if an option is specified on the command line with -o.
17 */
18
19 quiet "0";
20
21 // Options for APT in general
22 APT
23 {
24 Architecture "i386";
25 Build-Essential "build-essential";
26
27 NeverAutoRemove { "linux-image.*"; }; // packages that should never
28 // considered for autoRemove
29
30 // Options for apt-get
31 Get
32 {
33 Arch-Only "false";
34 AllowUnauthenticated "false";
35 AutomaticRemove "false";
36 HideAutoRemove "false";
37 Download-Only "false";
38 Simulate "false";
39 Assume-Yes "false";
40 Force-Yes "false"; // I would never set this.
41 Fix-Broken "false";
42 Fix-Missing "false";
43 Show-Upgraded "false";
44 Show-Versions "false";
45 Upgrade "true";
46 Print-URIs "false";
47 Compile "false";
48 Download "true";
49 Purge "false";
50 List-Cleanup "true";
51 ReInstall "false";
52 Trivial-Only "false";
53 Remove "true";
54 Only-Source "";
55 Diff-Only "false";
56 Tar-Only "false";
57 Build-Dep-Automatic "true";
58 Show-User-Simulation-Note "true";
59 };
60
61 Cache
62 {
63 Important "false";
64 AllVersions "false";
65 GivenOnly "false";
66 RecurseDepends "false";
67 ShowFull "false";
68 Generate "true";
69 NamesOnly "false";
70 AllNames "false";
71 Installed "false";
72 };
73
74 CDROM
75 {
76 Rename "false";
77 NoMount "false";
78 Fast "false";
79 NoAct "false";
80 };
81
82 Update
83 {
84 Pre-Invoke {"touch /var/lib/apt/pre-update-stamp"; };
85 Post-Invoke {"touch /var/lib/apt/post-update-stamp"; };
86 };
87
88 Authentication
89 {
90 TrustCDROM "false"; // consider the CDROM always trusted
91 };
92
93 // Some general options
94 Ignore-Hold "false";
95 Clean-Installed "true";
96 Immediate-Configure "true"; // DO NOT turn this off, see the man page
97 Force-LoopBreak "false"; // DO NOT turn this on, see the man page
98 Cache-Limit "4194304";
99 Default-Release "";
100
101 // consider Recommends, Suggests as important dependencies that should
102 // be installed by default
103 Install-Recommends "true";
104 Install-Suggests "false";
105
106 // consider dependencies of packages in this section manual
107 Never-MarkAuto-Sections {"metapackages"; "universe/metapackages"; };
108
109 // Write progress messages on this fd (for stuff like base-config)
110 Status-Fd "-1";
111 // Keep the list of FDs open (normally apt closes all fds when it
112 // does a ExecFork)
113 Keep-Fds {};
114
115 // control parameters for cron jobs by /etc/cron.daily/apt
116 Periodic
117 {
118 BackupArchiveInterval "0";
119 // - Backup after n-days if archive contents changed.(0=disable)
120
121 BackupLevel "3";
122 // - Backup level.(0=disable), 1 is invalid.
123
124 // APT::Archives::MaxAge "0"; (old, deprecated)
125 MaxAge "0"; // (new)
126 // - Set maximum allowed age of a cache package file. If a cache
127 // package file is older it is deleted (0=disable)
128
129 // APT::Archives::MinAge "2"; (old, deprecated)
130 MinAge "2"; // (new)
131 // - Set minimum age of a package file. If a file is younger it
132 // will not be deleted (0=disable). Usefull to prevent races
133 // and to keep backups of the packages for emergency.
134
135 // APT::Archives::MaxSize "0"; (old, deprecated)
136 MaxSize "0"; // (new)
137 // - Set maximum size of the cache in MB (0=disable). If the cache
138 // is bigger, cached package files are deleted until the size
139 // requirement is met (the biggest packages will be deleted
140 // first).
141
142 Update-Package-Lists "0";
143 // - Do "apt-get update" automatically every n-days (0=disable)
144 //
145 Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
146 // - Do "apt-get upgrade --download-only" every n-days (0=disable)
147 //
148 Unattended-Upgrade "0";
149 // - Run the "unattended-upgrade" security upgrade script
150 // every n-days (0=disabled)
151 // Requires the package "unattended-upgrades" and will write
152 // a log in /var/log/unattended-upgrades
153 //
154 AutocleanInterval "0";
155 // - Do "apt-get autoclean" every n-days (0=disable)
156
157 Verbose "0";
158 // - Send report mail to root
159 // 0: no report (or null string)
160 // 1: progress report (actually any string)
161 // 2: + command outputs (remove -qq, remove 2>/dev/null, add -d)
162 // 3: + trace on
163 };
164 };
165
166 // Options for the downloading routines
167 Acquire
168 {
169 Queue-Mode "host"; // host|access
170 Retries "0";
171 Source-Symlinks "true";
172 ForceHash "sha256"; // hashmethod used for expected hash: sha256, sha1 or md5sum
173
174 PDiffs "true"; // try to get the IndexFile diffs
175 PDiffs::FileLimit "4"; // don't use diffs if we would need more than 4 diffs
176 PDiffs::SizeLimit "50"; // don't use diffs if size of all patches excess
177 // 50% of the size of the original file
178
179 Check-Valid-Until "true";
180 Max-ValidTime "864000"; // 10 days
181 Max-ValidTime::Debian-Security "604800"; // 7 days, label specific configuration
182
183 // HTTP method configuration
184 http
185 {
186 Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:3128";
187 Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting
188 Timeout "120";
189 Pipeline-Depth "5";
190 AllowRedirect "true";
191
192 // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2
193 No-Cache "false";
194 Max-Age "86400"; // 1 Day age on index files
195 No-Store "false"; // Prevent the cache from storing archives
196 Dl-Limit "7"; // 7Kb/sec maximum download rate
197 User-Agent "Debian APT-HTTP/1.3";
198 };
199
200
201
202 // HTTPS method configuration: uses the http
203 // - proxy config
204 // - cache-control values
205 // - Dl-Limit, Timout, ... values
206 // if not set explicit for https
207 //
208 // see /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt-https-method-example.conf.gz
209 // for more examples
210 https
211 {
212 Verify-Peer "false";
213 SslCert "/etc/apt/some.pem";
214 CaPath "/etc/ssl/certs";
215 Verify-Host" "true";
216 AllowRedirect "true";
217
218 Timeout "120";
219 AllowRedirect "true";
220
221 // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2
222 No-Cache "false";
223 Max-Age "86400"; // 1 Day age on index files
224 No-Store "false"; // Prevent the cache from storing archives
225 Dl-Limit "7"; // 7Kb/sec maximum download rate
226
227 User-Agent "Debian APT-CURL/1.0";
228 };
229
230 ftp
231 {
232 Proxy "ftp://127.0.0.1/";
233 Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting
234
235 /* Required script to perform proxy login. This example should work
236 for tisfwtk */
237 ProxyLogin
238 {
239 "USER $(PROXY_USER)";
240 "PASS $(PROXY_PASS)";
241 "USER $(SITE_USER)@$(SITE):$(SITE_PORT)";
242 "PASS $(SITE_PASS)";
243 };
244
245 Timeout "120";
246
247 /* Passive mode control, proxy, non-proxy and per-host. Pasv mode
248 is preferred if possible */
249 Passive "true";
250 Proxy::Passive "true";
251 Passive::http.us.debian.org "true"; // Specific per-host setting
252 };
253
254 cdrom
255 {
256 // do auto detection of the cdrom mountpoint
257 AutoDetect "true";
258
259 // cdrom mountpoint (needs to be defined in fstab if AutoDetect is not used)
260 mount "/cdrom";
261
262 // You need the trailing slash!
263 "/cdrom/"
264 {
265 Mount "sleep 1000";
266 UMount "sleep 500";
267 }
268 };
269
270 gpgv
271 {
272 Options {"--ignore-time-conflict";} // not very useful on a normal system
273 };
274
275 CompressionTypes
276 {
277 bz2 "bzip2";
278 lzma "lzma";
279 gz "gzip";
280
281 Order { "gz"; "lzma"; "bz2"; };
282 };
283
284 Languages
285 {
286 "environment";
287 "de";
288 "en";
289 "none";
290 "fr";
291 };
292 };
293
294 // Directory layout
295 Dir "/"
296 {
297 // Location of the state dir
298 State "var/lib/apt/"
299 {
300 Lists "lists/";
301 xstatus "xstatus";
302 userstatus "status.user";
303 status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
304 cdroms "cdroms.list";
305 };
306
307 // Location of the cache dir
308 Cache "var/cache/apt/" {
309 Archives "archives/";
310 // backup directory created by /etc/cron.daily/apt
311 Backup "backup/";
312 srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
313 pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
314 };
315
316 // Config files
317 Etc "etc/apt/" {
318 Main "apt.conf";
319 Netrc "auth.conf";
320 Parts "apt.conf.d/";
321 Preferences "preferences";
322 PreferencesParts "preferences.d";
323 SourceList "sources.list";
324 SourceParts "sources.list.d";
325 VendorList "vendors.list";
326 VendorParts "vendors.list.d";
327 Trusted "trusted.gpg";
328 TrustedParts "trusted.gpg.d";
329 };
330
331 // Locations of binaries
332 Bin {
333 methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods/";
334 gzip "/bin/gzip";
335 gpg "/usr/bin/gpgv";
336 dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
337 dpkg-source "/usr/bin/dpkg-source";
338 dpkg-buildpackage "/usr/bin/dpkg-buildpackage";
339 apt-get "/usr/bin/apt-get";
340 apt-cache "/usr/bin/apt-cache";
341 };
342
343 // Location of the logfile
344 Log "var/log/apt" {
345 Terminal "term.log";
346 History "history.log";
347 };
348
349 // Media
350 Media
351 {
352 // Media AutoDetect mount path
353 MountPath "/media/apt";
354 };
355
356 // Media
357 Media
358 {
359 // Media AutoDetect mount path
360 MountPath "/media/apt";
361 };
362 };
363
364 // Things that effect the APT dselect method
365 DSelect
366 {
367 Clean "auto"; // always|auto|prompt|never
368 Options "-f";
369 UpdateOptions "";
370 PromptAfterUpdate "no";
371 CheckDir "no";
372 }
373
374 DPkg
375 {
376 // let apt aggressivly use dpkg triggers
377 NoTriggers "true";
378 NoConfigure "true";
379 ConfigurePending "true";
380
381 // Probably don't want to use force-downgrade..
382 Options {"--force-overwrite";"--force-downgrade";}
383
384 // Auto re-mounting of a readonly /usr
385 Pre-Invoke {"mount -o remount,rw /usr";};
386 Post-Invoke {"mount -o remount,ro /usr";};
387
388 Chroot-Directory "/";
389
390 // Prevents daemons from getting cwd as something mountable (default)
391 Run-Directory "/";
392
393 // Build options for apt-get source --compile
394 Build-Options "-b -uc";
395
396 // Pre-configure all packages before they are installed using debconf.
397 Pre-Install-Pkgs {"dpkg-preconfigure --apt --priority=low --frontend=dialog";};
398
399 // Flush the contents of stdin before forking dpkg.
400 FlushSTDIN "true";
401
402 // Control the size of the command line passed to dpkg.
403 MaxBytes 1024;
404 MaxArgs 350;
405
406 // controls if apt will apport on the first dpkg error or if it
407 // tries to install as many packages as possible
408 StopOnError "true";
409 }
410
411 /* Options you can set to see some debugging text They correspond to names
412 of classes in the source code */
413 Debug
414 {
415 pkgProblemResolver "false";
416 pkgProblemResolver::ShowScores "false";
417 pkgDepCache::AutoInstall "false"; // what packages apt install to satify dependencies
418 pkgDepCache::Marker "false";
419 pkgCacheGen "false";
420 pkgAcquire "false";
421 pkgAcquire::Worker "false";
422 pkgAcquire::Auth "false";
423 pkgDPkgPM "false";
424 pkgDPkgProgressReporting "false";
425 pkgOrderList "false";
426 pkgPackageManager "false"; // OrderList/Configure debugging
427 pkgAutoRemove "false"; // show information about automatic removes
428 BuildDeps "false";
429 pkgInitialize "false"; // This one will dump the configuration space
430 NoLocking "false";
431 Acquire::Ftp "false"; // Show ftp command traffic
432 Acquire::Http "false"; // Show http command traffic
433 Acquire::Https "false"; // Show https debug
434 Acquire::gpgv "false"; // Show the gpgv traffic
435 aptcdrom "false"; // Show found package files
436 IdentCdrom "false";
437 acquire::netrc "false"; // netrc parser
438
439 }
440
441 pkgCacheGen::Essential "native"; // other modes: all, none, installed
442
443 /* Whatever you do, do not use this configuration file!! Take out ONLY
444 the portions you need! */
445 This Is Not A Valid Config File