Bug#420551: closed by Frank Küster <frank@debian.org> (Re: Bug#420551: fmtutil-sys failure on ARM on dist-upgrade)
Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com> wrote:
>> > * Frank Küster <frank@debian.org> [2007-04-23 16:05]:
>> >> What's the output of "date" in the chroot?
>> > Ah, yes. The year is 2037.
>> By the way, closing.
>
> You didn't respond to my question asking whether the 5 year check
> makes any sense. What if someone wanted to install a copy of current
> Debian in 5 years? Unlikely, sure, but not impossible.
I just had to install tetex-bin in a woody chroot (it still works), so
you've got a point. If you want, please file a separate bug - but don't
expect us to work on a patch until we're really bored.
Regards, Frank
--
Dr. Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
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