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Bug#814643: snapshot.debian.org: Please also list valid-until disabling example on start page



Thorsten Glaser schrieb am Saturday, dem 13. February 2016:

> The start page says, currently:
> 
>    If you want to add a specific date's archive to your apt sources.list simply add an entry like these:
> deb     [155]http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20091004T111800Z/ lenny main
> 
> We can have lines like the following now, though:
> 
> deb [check-valid-until=no] http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20150921T092814Z sid main
> 
> Please add this example, and the minimum APT version required to
> use it, there as well. Additionally, do so for the package pages
> while fixing #650783 (pretty please do that!).
> 
> That only leaves us with the problems of expired keys, but that
> is already discussed in #763419 AFAICT. (That one is especially
> important for things like etch where I can install the base sy‐
> stem but not the security updates because the key for *those*’s
> already expired now. Historic digging, cowbuilder chroot, etc…)

Sounds reasonable.  Can I get a patch?

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