Config...:Approx(3pm)

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version 1.012 · 3 versions
, in ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 Config::Model::models::Approx 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and it's giving "manpage for a config model" energy, which sounds boring but is actually kinda iconic. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

Config::Model::models::Approx — the Configuration class for Approx. that's it, that's the name, she's simple and she slays 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So basically: these are the Configuration classes used by Config::Model.

And more specifically? It's the Configuration model for Approx. yes queen, it's the blueprint for how approx gets configured. no thoughts, just config 🎀

🦋 Elements 🦋

these are the pieces, the lil building blocks, the main characters of this whole model. every single one matters, don't skip a single one bestie 😭

🍓 cache — approx cache directory

This one specifies the location of the approx cache directory — and the default is /var/cache/approx. Important detail tho: it and all of its subdirectories must be owned by the approx server (see also the $user and $group parameters, down below 👇).

  • Optional? yes bestie, optional.
  • Type: uniline.
  • upstream_default value:
/var/cache/approx

⏰ interval — file cache expiration in minutes

Specifies the time in minutes after which a cached file is considered too old to deliver without first checking with the remote repository for a newer version.

  • Optional.
  • Type: integer.
  • upstream_default value:
720

🔥 max_rate — maximum download rate from remote repositories

Specifies the maximum download rate from remote repositories, in bytes per second (default: unlimited 🌈).

And here's the cute part: the value may be suffixed with "K", "M", or "G" to indicate kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes per second, respectively. so like, 500K? yes. 2G? go off. 💅

  • Optional.
  • Type: uniline.

🔁 max_redirects — maximum number of HTTP redirections

Specifies the maximum number of HTTP redirections that will be followed when downloading a remote file. it's giving "how many detours am i willing to take" 🚗

  • Optional.
  • Type: integer.
  • upstream_default value:
5

👑 user — user that owns the files in the approx cache

the user who owns the cache files. that's the whole vibe.

  • Optional.
  • Type: uniline.
  • upstream_default value:
approx

🌸 group — group that owns the files in the approx cache

same energy as above but for the group, bestie.

  • Optional.
  • Type: uniline.
  • upstream_default value:
approx

📝 syslog — syslog(3) facility to use when logging

which syslog facility gets used for logging. log girlies rise 🫶

  • Optional.
  • Type: uniline.
  • upstream_default value:
daemon

🌈 pdiffs — support IndexFile diffs

whether to support IndexFile diffs. that's it, that's the whole thing ✨

  • Optional.
  • Type: boolean.
  • upstream_default value:
1

💀 offline — use cached files when offline

Specifies whether to deliver (possibly out-of-date 🙈) cached files when they cannot be downloaded from remote repositories.

not me warning you that these files might be stale, but okay, you do you bestie
  • Optional.
  • Type: boolean.
  • upstream_default value:
0

⏳ max_wait — max wait for concurrent file download

Specifies how many seconds an approx(8) process will wait for a concurrent download of a file to complete, before attempting to download the file itself. the way that it waits its turn first... patient queen behavior 😌

  • Optional.
  • Type: integer.
  • upstream_default value:
10

💬 verbose

Specifies whether informational messages should be printed in the log. chatty era, honestly.

  • Optional.
  • Type: boolean.
  • upstream_default value:
0

🐛 debug

Specifies whether debug messages should be printed in the log. for when you need to see EVERYTHING, no cap 🔍

  • Optional.
  • Type: boolean.
  • upstream_default value:
0

🗺️ distributions — remote repositories

okay so the other name/value pairs are used to map distribution names to remote repositories. for example:

debian     =>   http://ftp.debian.org/debian
security   =>   http://security.debian.org/debian-security

Use the distribution name as the key of the hash element and the URL as the value.

  • Optional.
  • Type: hash of uniline.

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

  • cme

(yes that's the whole list, and honestly? iconic for her 💅)

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Dominique Dumont — absolute legend, we respect her 🫶

2011, Dominique Dumont

📜 LICENSE 📜

LGPL-2.1+

and that's the tea bestie 🍵 — this came to you courtesy of perl v5.36.0, dated 2022-10-14, by way of that very same Config...:Approx(3pm) page. mwah 💋

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