#597803 (fwd) DUH - Re: Bug#595801: same thing in upgraded vm

Package:
apt
Source:
apt
Description:
commandline package manager
Submitter:
Peter Palfrader
Date:
2010-09-23 17:42:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#597803#5
Date:
2010-09-23 07:04:53 UTC
From:
To:
Package: apt
Version: 0.8.0
# the version is just a guess

| From: Mark Hedges <hedges@scriptdolphin.com>
| Subject: DUH - Re: Bug#595801: same thing in upgraded vm
|
| DUH - vmware - clock was way off, it thought it was October
| 21st - no wonder it thought the cache time was stale.  Sorry
| to bother you.
| --mark--
|
| On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Mark Hedges wrote:
|
| > E: Release file expired, ignoring http://security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/Release (invalid since 20d 13h 38min 34s)
| >

Maybe that apt error message should not say for how many days it's been
invalid, but at which date it has expired?

Or it could say both (expired 2010-09-30 (20d 13h ..ago).

It could also ask the user if their clock is right.

Cheers,
#597803#10
Date:
2010-09-23 17:38:37 UTC
From:
To:
Yes, that's the version.  Thanks, this feature would be
helpful.  --mark--