Bug#218760: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#218760: apt-get update doesn't check timestamps on already loaded "unstable" package files)
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 09:35:28PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 01:32:05AM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
>
> > you have made an assumption "probably" and then assumed that you are
> > correct, and then closed the bug-report.
>
> That's because you should have done a bit more investigation to find out if
> apt was really at fault before filing a bug. Because apt is such a popular
> tool, it often receives bug reports for problems with do not relate to apt
> itself, and I do not have time to keep up with helping to diagnose all of
> these unrelated problems.
>
> Since this works for me, and a large number of other users, I currently have
> no reason to believe that apt is at fault, unless you demonstrate otherwise.
i am at a loss and cannot be of further assistance to you.
i have demonstrated to you exactly how the problem occurs.
you may endeavour yourself to reproduce the problem by
interrupting apt-get update (ctrl-c) half-way through.
you may need to use ftp.uk.debian.org not ftp.us.debian.org.
if apt-get update then reloads all of the unstable packages
obtained so far then you have successfully reproduced the
problem.
if apt-get update skips the unstable packages loaded up until
the deliberate interrupt occurs and then resumes where it
was interrupted then the problem has not been successfully
reproduced.
if the problem cannot be successfully reproduced on any system
but my own, in the manner described above, then it can be
safely said that the issue is something that is nothing to
do with you or the large number of other users.
however on literally _every_ single debian system i have
installed, of which there are now approximately twenty over
the past three years, apt-get update more than once a day
ALWAYS downloads all of the unstable packages.
[from ftp.uk.debian.org].
> The clock on your computer should not be relevant; apt is comparing the
> timestamps retrieved from the remote system.
okay.
i will still correct the time on my computer at a suitable juncture and
let you know if it makes any difference.
l.
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