Re: APT Date verification

2018-03-19 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Thu, Feb 08, 2018 at 03:07:54PM +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > Hey guys, > > APT will shortly start validating that the Date field in a release > file is not (too far) in the future. This might have implications > for installing on devices with an inaccurate clock, as they might > now fail

Re: APT Date verification

2018-02-08 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Thu, Feb 08, 2018 at 09:05:50PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > On Thu, 08 Feb 2018, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > APT will shortly start validating that the Date field in a release > > file is not (too far) in the future. This might have implications > > for installing on devic

Re: APT Date verification

2018-02-08 Thread Philip Hands
On Thu, 08 Feb 2018, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > Hey guys, > > APT will shortly start validating that the Date field in a release > file is not (too far) in the future. This might have implications > for installing on devices with an inaccurate clock, as they might > now fail. > > There are two p

Re: APT Date verification

2018-02-08 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Thu, Feb 08, 2018 at 03:25:16PM +, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Thu, Feb 08, 2018 at 03:07:54PM +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > It's a bit unclear if this only affects validation of the Date field, > > or also turns off Validation of the Valid-Until field (as a generic "turn > > off all d

Re: APT Date verification

2018-02-08 Thread Holger Levsen
On Thu, Feb 08, 2018 at 03:07:54PM +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > It's a bit unclear if this only affects validation of the Date field, > or also turns off Validation of the Valid-Until field (as a generic "turn > off all date-related checks" option). Opinions on that? there definitly should

APT Date verification

2018-02-08 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Hey guys, APT will shortly start validating that the Date field in a release file is not (too far) in the future. This might have implications for installing on devices with an inaccurate clock, as they might now fail. There are two primary workarounds: * Set Acquire::Check-Date to false * Set c