Bug#784082: snapshot.debian.org: outdated InRelease
Paul Wise, le Sun 03 May 2015 15:28:12 +0800, a écrit :
> On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 4:30 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Ok, I've read more from the http://snapshot.debian.org/ page. It should
> > emphasize it much more: -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false *has* to be
> > used, otherwise only the last week's worth of archive works.
>
> Could you provide a patch to the wording that would emphasise this more?
Here it is.
Samuel
--- description.mako.orig 2015-05-03 17:26:13.113733380 +0200
+++ description.mako 2015-05-03 17:28:57.948752153 +0200
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
available timestamp which is before the time you specified.
</p>
<p>
-It may be necessary to ignore the Valid-Until header within Release files, in order
+To access snapshots older than a dozen days, it is necessary to ignore the Valid-Until header within Release files, in order
to prevent apt from disregarding snapshot entries ("Release file expired"). Use
<code>aptitude -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false update</code> or
<code>apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false update</code> for this purpose.
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