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<para>The format for a <filename>sources.list</filename> entry using the
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<literal>deb</literal> and <literal>deb-src</literal> types is:</para>
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- <literallayout>deb [ options ] uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]</literallayout>
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+ <literallayout>deb [ options ] uri suite [component1] [component2] [...]</literallayout>
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<para>Alternatively a rfc822 style format is also supported:
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<literallayout>
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Type: deb
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URI: http://example.com
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- Dist: stable
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+ Suite: stable
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Section: component1 component2
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[option1]: [option1-value]
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Type: deb-src
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URI: http://example.com
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- Dist: stable
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+ Suite: stable
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Section: component1 component2
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[option1]: [option1-value]
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</literallayout>
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<para>The URI for the <literal>deb</literal> type must specify the base of the
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Debian distribution, from which APT will find the information it needs.
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- <literal>distribution</literal> can specify an exact path, in which case the
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- components must be omitted and <literal>distribution</literal> must end with
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+ <literal>suite</literal> can specify an exact path, in which case the
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+ components must be omitted and <literal>suite</literal> must end with
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a slash (<literal>/</literal>). This is useful for the case when only a
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particular sub-section of the archive denoted by the URI is of interest.
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- If <literal>distribution</literal> does not specify an exact path, at least
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+ If <literal>suite</literal> does not specify an exact path, at least
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one <literal>component</literal> must be present.</para>
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- <para><literal>distribution</literal> may also contain a variable,
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+ <para><literal>suite</literal> may also contain a variable,
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<literal>$(ARCH)</literal>
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which expands to the Debian architecture (such as <literal>amd64</literal> or
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<literal>armel</literal>) used on the system. This permits architecture-independent
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@@ -114,17 +114,19 @@
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of interest when specifying an exact path, <literal>APT</literal> will
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automatically generate a URI with the current architecture otherwise.</para>
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- <para>Since only one distribution can be specified per line it may be necessary
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- to have multiple lines for the same URI, if a subset of all available
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- distributions or components at that location is desired.
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- APT will sort the URI list after it has generated a complete set
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- internally, and will collapse multiple references to the same Internet
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- host, for instance, into a single connection, so that it does not
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- inefficiently establish an FTP connection, close it, do something else,
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- and then re-establish a connection to that same host. This feature is
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- useful for accessing busy FTP sites with limits on the number of
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- simultaneous anonymous users. APT also parallelizes connections to
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- different hosts to more effectively deal with sites with low bandwidth.</para>
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+ <para>In the traditional style sources.list format since only one
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+ distribution can be specified per line it may be necessary to have
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+ multiple lines for the same URI, if a subset of all available
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+ distributions or components at that location is desired. APT will
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+ sort the URI list after it has generated a complete set internally,
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+ and will collapse multiple references to the same Internet host,
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+ for instance, into a single connection, so that it does not
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+ inefficiently establish an FTP connection, close it, do something
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+ else, and then re-establish a connection to that same host. This
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+ feature is useful for accessing busy FTP sites with limits on the
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+ number of simultaneous anonymous users. APT also parallelizes
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+ connections to different hosts to more effectively deal with sites
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+ with low bandwidth.</para>
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<para><literal>options</literal> is always optional and needs to be surrounded by
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square brackets. It can consist of multiple settings in the form
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