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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt.conf.5.xml | 25 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml index 2634c47a9..1adc868e0 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml @@ -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> |