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authorintrigeri <intrigeri@boum.org>2010-10-06 13:29:38 +0200
committerintrigeri <intrigeri@boum.org>2010-10-06 13:29:38 +0200
commitfab154da39fc3f68e66b8d36f44457533e53dac1 (patch)
tree6e1ccc80690acb443818b5e321ac5bb2eb2c67c3 /README
parent6dd66425880e2504c0583b7bf3386243d1208177 (diff)
Allow specifying custom mirrors for every supported archive.
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
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@@ -44,12 +44,11 @@ value can be set manually too, e.g. to enable forced upgrades
$custom_sources_list
--------------------
-By default this module will use a basic apt/sources.list with a
-generic debian mirror. If you need to set more specific sources,
-e.g. for country proximity, proxies, etc. you can set this variable to
-the location of your sources.list template. For example, setting the
-following variable before including this class will pull in the
-templates/apt/sources.list file:
+By default this module will use a basic apt/sources.list.
+If you need to set more specific sources, e.g. for proxies, etc. you
+can set this variable to the location of your sources.list template.
+For example, setting the following variable before including this
+class will pull in the templates/apt/sources.list file:
$custom_sources_list ='template("apt/sources.list")'
$custom_preferences
@@ -101,6 +100,13 @@ low values.
By default this is false for backward compatibility with older
versions of this module.
+$apt_debian_url, $apt_security_url, $apt_backports_url, $apt_volatile_url
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+These variables allow to override the default APT mirrors respectively
+used for the standard Debian archives, the Debian security archive,
+the Debian official backports and the Debian Volatile archive.
+
Classes
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@@ -156,8 +162,6 @@ TODO
Enable debian-archive-keyring handling for sarge, lenny and sid.
-Enable selection of country-specific mirrors.
-
Currently this module updates the caches on every run. Running dselect update is
a expensive operation and should be done only on schedule by using apticron.
Sometimes -- especially when initially starting management or deploying new