Bug#218760: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#218760: apt-get update doesn't check timestamps on already loaded "unstable" package files)
matt,
you have made an assumption "probably" and then assumed that you are
correct, and then closed the bug-report.
i trust that you have received my earlier response with additional
information and may wish to look into this bug further?
my computer's time is definitely one hour out from GMT, which i will
correct in order to provide you with further information in case
this fixes the problem.
and i will send it to this bug-track number rather than open a new
report.
l.
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 12:48:15PM -0600, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> #218760: apt-get update doesn't check timestamps on already loaded "unstable" package files,
> which was filed against the apt package.
>
> It has been closed by one of the developers, namely
> Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>.
>
> Their explanation is attached below. If this explanation is
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> From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
> To: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@samba-tng.org>,
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> Subject: Re: Bug#218760: apt-get update doesn't check timestamps on already loaded "unstable" package files
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> On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 03:55:43PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
>
> > so i do an apt-get update again, thinking that only the one file will
> > be retried, the rest having already been downloaded.
> >
> >
> > NOPE! the WHOLE lot of the unstable files are reloaded.
> >
> > is this right?
> >
> > does it mean that the time on my computer is wrong? (i may not have
> > timezones set correctly)
> >
> > or does it mean that there is a bug?
>
> Probably your mirror was updated since you downloaded the lists previously,
> and the files really were different. Unstable changes every day.
>
> --
> - mdz
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