Re: Backports release file expired

[Gerfried Fuchs <rhonda@deb.at>]

        Hi!

* Josh Poth <joshpoth@gmail.com> [2011-04-06 01:24:46 CEST]:
> E: Release file expired, ignoring
> http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/dists/squeeze-backports/InRelease(invalid
> since 2h 23min 31s)
> 
> Upon accessing that file it seems to have a past Valid-until date:
> Valid-Until: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:48:48 UTC
> 
> Can anyone shed some light on this situation? Is it possible that I have
> something configured incorrectly?

 No, you have nothing configured wrongly (besides that you use the main
site and not a mirror ;) - but those have the same issue).

 The following is just guesswork: We don't have a regular dinstall run
for backports but one that is done "on-demand" only. And there haven't
been any package uploads in the last few days, not from regular
contributors nor from the buildd network.

 Actually I don't have any backport upload pending myself to give that
theory a test, and I hope that I can get through to the ftpmasters
soonish to either confirm my theory (and suggest a workaround/fix) or to
find out what's really going on here.

 Thanks so far, and sorry for the inconvenience. I know that the hosts
now get marked as "unknown" in apt-dater, which definitely is not the
best thing.

 Enjoy,
Rhonda
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