Bug#30324: apt-get lying about file dates in /var/state/apt/lists

[Jeroen Nijhof <J.H.B.Nijhof@aston.ac.uk>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.1.9

For (auto-mounted,) nfs-mounted files `apt-get update' writes wrong dates
in /var/state/apt/lists, either Thu Jan 01 01:00:00 1970 (=> 0)
or Sat Aug 28 22:21:55 2027, i.e. 1819488115 s from 1970,
which is 0x6c732f73 : 'ls/s'.

penguin:/var/state/apt/lists# apt-get update
Get file:/mnt/sunsite/packages/debian/ slink/contrib Packages
Get http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US Packages
Get file:/mnt/sunsite/packages/debian/ slink/main Packages          
Get file:/mnt/sunsite/packages/debian/ slink/non-free Packages      

(/mnt/sunsite is a link to /net/sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/public/ , i.e.
 for automounting sunsite)

penguin:/var/state/apt/lists#ls -l  --full-time 
total 2002
-rw-r-----   1 root     root            0 Thu Dec 03 13:14:22 1998 lock
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        95641 Thu Jan 01 01:00:00 1970 mnt_sunsite_packages_debian_dists_slink_contrib_binary-i386_Packages
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root      1672146 Sat Aug 28 22:21:55 2027 mnt_sunsite_packages_debian_dists_slink_main_binary-i386_Packages
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       241647 Sat Aug 28 22:21:55 2027 mnt_sunsite_packages_debian_dists_slink_non-free_binary-i386_Packages
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        26649 Mon Jul 27 11:22:17 1998 non-us.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_stable_non-US_binary-i386_Packages
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         1024 Thu Dec 03 13:14:22 1998 partialp

Jeroen Nijhof