apt-spy.conf is the configuration file for apt-spy(8).
It consists of a series of area labels, followed by a list of countries
belonging to that label.
Whitespace is ignored.
Comments may be added anywhere, and begin with the hash ('#') character.
Once a hash character is encountered, the rest of the line is ignored.
A label consists of any alphanumeric characters, and ends with a colon
character (':').
The label must be on a line by itself (excluding comments).
Following a label are a list of country codes (one per line) of countries
belonging to that label.
Each country has a unique two-letter country code corresponding to its top
level domain identifier.
This is the same as the ISO3166 code.
You can find the country code for a specific country either by looking at
/var/lib/apt-spy/mirrors.txt, or by looking at the commented
examples in the default apt-spy.conf.
Labels cannot exist within labels.
The end of a label section is signaled by the start of a new one, or by the
end of file.
Any valid label existing in apt-spy.conf can be specified to apt-spy using
the '-a' option.
apt-spy will then proceed to benchmark the mirrors in the list of countries
associated with that label.
EXAMPLES
This is an example of a valid apt-spy.conf file:
USUK:
GB # United Kingdom
US # United States
Australia:
AU
France-Germany-Netherlands:
FR
DE
NL
There is a default configuration file included with apt-spy. For further
examples, and for a list of valid country codes, please refer to this.