Bug#595801: same thing in upgraded vm
I'm getting this same error in an VM that I just upgraded
from stable (Lenny) to testing (Squeeze). It won't go away.
Is there some file I can remove to clear this condition? I
tried removing /var/cache/apt .... --mark--
hedges@vm6:~$ sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release.gpg [835B]
Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main Translation-en
Get:2 http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release.gpg [835B]
Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main Translation-en_US
Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release [89.9kB]
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release
E: Release file expired, ignoring http://security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/Release (invalid since 20d 5h 11min 8s)
hedges@vm6:~$ sudo aptitude -o 'Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false' update
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release.gpg [835B]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release.gpg [835B]
Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main Translation-en
Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release
Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release [89.9kB]
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main i386 Packages
Get:4 http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main i386 Packages [52.9kB]
Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main i386 Packages
Get:5 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main i386 Packages [8,752kB]
Fetched 8,892kB in 50s (177kB/s)
Current status: 28070 new [+28070].
hedges@vm6:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
hedges@vm6:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release.gpg
Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main Translation-en
Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release.gpg
Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release
E: Release file expired, ignoring http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/Release (invalid since 21d 5h 9min 14s)
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