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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt.conf.5.xml | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/examples/configure-index | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/sources.list.5.xml | 17 |
3 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml index fdcd99425..e285b3130 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml @@ -315,6 +315,27 @@ APT::Compressor::rev { for the download itself (see also &sources-list;).</para> <variablelist> + <varlistentry><term><option>Check-Date</option></term> + <listitem><para> + Security related option defaulting to true, enabling time-related + checks. Disabling it means that the machine's time cannot be + trusted, and APT will hence disable all time-related checks, + such as <option>Check-Valid-Until</option> and verifying that + the Date field of a release file is not in the future. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry><term><option>Max-FutureTime</option></term> + <listitem><para>Maximum time (in seconds) before its creation (as indicated + by the <literal>Date</literal> header) that the <filename>Release</filename> + file should be considered valid. + + The default value is <literal>10</literal>. + Archive specific settings can be made by appending the label of the archive + to the option name. Preferably, the same can be achieved for specific + &sources-list; entries by using the <option>Date-Max-Future</option> option there. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><option>Check-Valid-Until</option></term> <listitem><para> Security related option defaulting to true, as giving a Release file's diff --git a/doc/examples/configure-index b/doc/examples/configure-index index 00c2ee183..3763aa900 100644 --- a/doc/examples/configure-index +++ b/doc/examples/configure-index @@ -234,6 +234,9 @@ Acquire Max-ValidTime::* "<INT>"; // repository label specific configuration Min-ValidTime "<INT>"; // time in seconds Min-ValidTime::* "<INT>"; // repository label specific configuration + Check-Date "<BOOL>"; // whether to check the "Date" field + Max-FutureTime "<INT>"; // seconds to allow release file's Date field to be in the future (default 10) + Max-FutureTime::* "<INT>"; // repository label specific configuration SameMirrorForAllIndexes "<BOOL>"; // use the mirror serving the Release file for Packages & co diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml index 2a047c83b..592227dd8 100644 --- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml +++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml @@ -343,6 +343,23 @@ deb-src [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] [component2] [. default. </para></listitem> + <listitem><para><option>Check-Date</option> (<option>check-date</option>) + is a yes/no value which controls if APT should consider + the machine's time correct and hence perform time related + checks, such as verifying that a Release file is not + from the future. Disabling it also disables the + <option>Check-Valid-Until</option> option + mentioned above. + </para></listitem> + + <listitem><para><option>Date-Max-Future</option> + (<option>date-max-future</option>) controls how far + from the future a repository may be. + Default to the value of the configuration option + <option>Acquire::Max-FutureTime</option> which is + 10 seconds by default. + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para><option>InRelease-Path</option> (<option>inrelease-path</option>) determines the path to the InRelease file, relative to the normal position of an <filename>InRelease</filename> file. |