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12 changes: 11 additions & 1 deletion content/manuals/engine/install/debian.md
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Expand Up @@ -114,11 +114,21 @@ Docker from the repository.
sudo curl -fsSL {{% param "download-url-base" %}}/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc

# Add the repository to Apt sources:
# Add the repository to Apt sources (legacy format):
echo \
"deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] {{% param "download-url-base" %}} \
$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

# Add the repository to Apt sources (new deb822 format, introduced with Trixie):
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deb822 format was introduced in apt version 1.1 ten years before the release of Trixie

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oh 😅 , thanks for that comment.
Did not know that, I can adjust the comment together with possible other review comments.

Maybe we should just say:

 # Add the repository to Apt sources (deb822 format)

echo -e \
"Types: deb\n\
URIs: https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/\n\
Suites: $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")\n\
Components: stable\n\
Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.sources > /dev/null

sudo apt-get update
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