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authorMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2011-09-16 09:40:22 +0200
committerMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2011-09-16 09:40:22 +0200
commit75efcd89b40e5c9e54ccf1f9d5dce192a2a199d0 (patch)
tree65980fdfffa2dea205cef6cf6e57e60be3fd35e2 /doc/apt.conf.5.xml
parente9f9bf1601d3a4373c318fbb441ae92e99cd703d (diff)
cherry pick r2162.1.7 and r2162.1.8 from the debian-sid branch
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@@ -267,14 +267,23 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
<varlistentry><term>Max-ValidTime</term>
<listitem><para>Seconds the Release file should be considered valid after
- it was created. The default is "for ever" (0) if the Release file of the
- archive doesn't include a <literal>Valid-Until</literal> header.
- If it does then this date is the default. The date from the Release file or
- the date specified by the creation time of the Release file
- (<literal>Date</literal> header) plus the seconds specified with this
- options are used to check if the validation of a file has expired by using
- the earlier date of the two. Archive specific settings can be made by
- appending the label of the archive to the option name.
+ it was created (indicated by the <literal>Date</literal> header).
+ If the Release file itself includes a <literal>Valid-Until</literal> header
+ the earlier date of the two is used as the expiration date.
+ The default value is <literal>0</literal> which stands for "for ever".
+ Archive specific settings can be made by appending the label of the archive
+ to the option name.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>Min-ValidTime</term>
+ <listitem><para>Minimum of seconds the Release file should be considered
+ valid after it was created (indicated by the <literal>Date</literal> header).
+ Use this if you need to use a seldomly updated (local) mirror of a more
+ regular updated archive with a <literal>Valid-Until</literal> header
+ instead of competely disabling the expiration date checking.
+ Archive specific settings can and should be used by appending the label of
+ the archive to the option name.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>