From 71bba383561308577a6ae1acea136428721a5f36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Kalnischkies Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:07:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add a note about the possibility to support more URI types by installing some apt-transport-methods packages, e.g. https and debtorrent. --- debian/changelog | 2 ++ doc/sources.list.5.xml | 12 ++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 17a770b7..fc5965d3 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ apt (0.7.25) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * doc/po4a.conf: activate translation of guide.sgml and offline.sgml * doc/apt.conf.5.xml: - provide a few more details about APT::Immediate-Configure + * doc/sources.list.5.xml: + - add note about additional apt-transport-methods -- Michael Vogt Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:51:34 +0200 diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml index c758be61..379112c8 100644 --- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml +++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml @@ -174,6 +174,18 @@ deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/stable-updates/ dd commands to perform the file transfers from the remote. + + more recongnizable URI types + + APT can be extended with more methods shipped in other optional packages which should + follow the nameing scheme apt-transport-method. + The APT team e.g. maintain also the apt-transport-https package which + provides access methods for https-URIs with features similiar to the http method, but other + methods for using e.g. debtorrent are also available, see + apt-transport-debtorrent + 1. + + -- 2.20.1