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diff --git a/man/C/urpmi.cfg.5 b/man/C/urpmi.cfg.5 index bcbbd910..a97d8303 100644 --- a/man/C/urpmi.cfg.5 +++ b/man/C/urpmi.cfg.5 @@ -1,13 +1,10 @@ -.TH urpmi.cfg 5 "28 Aug 2003" "MandrakeSoft" "Mandrake Linux" +.TH urpmi.cfg 5 "28 Aug 2003" "Mandrakesoft" "Mandrakelinux" .IX urpmi.cfg .SH NAME urpmi.cfg \- urpmi option and media configuration file format. .SH DESCRIPTION -The urpmi.cfg file format is an enhancement of previous version of urpmi.cfg -format. - -The file is divided in multiple sections: one section to set global options, and as -many sections as needed for the description of the media managed. +The urpmi.cfg file is divided in multiple sections: one section to set global +options, and one section per media. .SS Global options @@ -27,7 +24,7 @@ The following options can be written in this section : .TP .B verify-rpm Same as \fB--verify-rpm\fP for \fBurpmi\fP. Enable or disable signature -checking should be used, enabled by default. Disabling it can be written +checking (it's enabled by default). Disabling it can be written in various ways (as for all the other boolean options) : \fBno-verify-rpm\fP or \fBverify-rpm: no\fP or \fBverify-rpm: off\fP or \fBverify-rpm: 0\fP. @@ -58,13 +55,13 @@ Same as \fB--excludedocs\fP for \fBurpmi\fP, default is disabled. .TP .B limit-rate Same as \fB--limit-rate\fP for all tools. This option allows to control download -speed, there is no limitation by default. The number given is in Kilo-bytes per -second unless a suffix \fBK\fP, \fBM\fP is given. +speed, there is no limitation by default. The number is given in kilo-bytes per +second, unless a suffix \fBK\fP, \fBM\fP is added. .TP .B excludepath -Same as \fB--excludepath\fP for \fBurpmi\fP. This option allow to give comma -separated list of path to be excluded on installation, there is no path +Same as \fB--excludepath\fP for \fBurpmi\fP. This options allows to give a comma +separated list of paths to be excluded on installation. There is no path exclusion by default. .TP @@ -72,7 +69,7 @@ exclusion by default. This option is not available on the command line. It allows to use a comma separated list of \fBkey-ids\fP to be globally accepted (keys still need to be authorized by \fBrpm\fP) for any medium unless a specific \fBkey-ids\fP option -for this medium is given. There is no default (even MandrakeSoft key id 70771ff3 +for this medium is given. There is no default (even Mandrakesoft key id 70771ff3 is not by default). .TP @@ -87,6 +84,10 @@ Same as \fB--split-length\fP for \fBurpmi\fP. This option allows to control the minimal length of split transaction. The default value is 1 (smallest possible transaction). Setting this value to 0 disable the split of transaction. +.TP +.B downloader +Specify which download program to use: \fBwget\fP or \fBcurl\fP. + .SS Medium description A medium is described as follows : @@ -99,18 +100,20 @@ A medium is described as follows : .br .B "}" -where \fBname\fP is name of medium (space character are prefixed by anti-slash) -and optional \fBurl\fP is url of the medium (if no \fBurl\fP is given, it will -be guessed according to so mandatory list file). +where \fBname\fP is the medium name (space characters are prefixed by a backslash) +and where the optional \fBurl\fP is the medium URL (if no \fBurl\fP is given, it will +be guessed according to the mandatory list file). Most other options like \fBlist\fP, \fBwith_hdlist\fP, \fBsynthesis\fP, \fBremovable\fP, \fBvirtual\fP are for internal use and should be changed only -for experienced users. - -But options like \fBupdate\fP, \fBignore\fP or \fBkey-ids\fP can be modified by -users to mark medium as an update, to ignore medium or to give allowed GPG key -ids for packages of the medium for verification (unless of course signature -checking has been disabled globally). +by experienced users. + +Options like \fBupdate\fP, \fBignore\fP or \fBkey-ids\fP can be modified by +users to respectively mark mediums as update sources, to have them being +ignored, or to specify the allowed GPG key ids for packages from the medium for +verification (unless of course signature checking has been disabled globally). +It's also possible to override \fBverify-rpm\fP and \fBdownloader\fP in +a medium description. Please note that \fBkey-ids\fP is automatically set by \fBurpmi.update\fP or \fBurpmi.addmedia\fP if a remote pubkey file is available on the mirror. This |