Re: choose the date for the Release
On Wed, 22 Oct 2014, Abdelkader Belahcene wrote:
> I want to use my mirror for more long time,
> for example the release contains the lines
>
> Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 02:49:54 UTC
> Valid-Until: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 02:49:54 UTC
>
> and then I can't update the system after Tue, 14 Oct 2014
>
> to do it I change the date of my computer, while I am upadeting,
> but it is not a good solution.
>
> My question: how to change the validity date, in the apt-mirror ??
You can't change it in the mirror, but you can have apt-get ignore it.
apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false update;
alternatively, you can set it with a fragment like:
Acquire {
Check-Valid-Until "false";
};
in an appropriate named file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
man apt.conf; for details.
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