I'm getting this same error in an VM that I just upgraded from stable (Lenny) to testing (Squeeze). It won't go away.
Is there some file I can remove to clear this condition? I tried removing /var/cache/apt .... --mark-- hed...@vm6:~$ sudo apt-get update Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release.gpg [835B] Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main Translation-en Get:2 http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release.gpg [835B] Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/main Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/main Translation-en_US Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main Translation-en_US Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release [89.9kB] Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release E: Release file expired, ignoring http://security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/Release (invalid since 20d 5h 11min 8s) hed...@vm6:~$ sudo aptitude -o 'Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false' update Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release.gpg [835B] Get:2 http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release.gpg [835B] Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/main Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/main Translation-en_US Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main Translation-en Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main Translation-en_US Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release [89.9kB] Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main i386 Packages Get:4 http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main i386 Packages [52.9kB] Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main i386 Packages Get:5 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main i386 Packages [8,752kB] Fetched 8,892kB in 50s (177kB/s) Current status: 28070 new [+28070]. hed...@vm6:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. hed...@vm6:~$ sudo apt-get update Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release.gpg Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main Translation-en Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main Translation-en_US Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release.gpg Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/main Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates/main Translation-en_US Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release E: Release file expired, ignoring http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/Release (invalid since 21d 5h 9min 14s) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
