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

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

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. >

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

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