0000131: Release files can be dated in the future?

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0000131	apt-panopticon	Feature	public	2019-12-23 01:38	2024-01-10 07:21

Reporter	onefang	Assigned To	onefang
Priority	none	Severity	trivial	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	assigned	Resolution	open

Summary	0000131: Release files can be dated in the future?
Description	The newer apt has a check that Release files are not too far in the future, and a config option for what "too far in the future" means, which defaults to 10 seconds. I have no clue why they would do such a thing, but someone stumbled across it when their time was set wrong. So check it I guess.
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onefang 2024-01-10 07:21 administrator ~0000628	DelTomix discovered how this could happen. Switching timezones. For example cloning a system that is from a different timezone, but not updating it. Confusion about what timezone the hardware clock is in, coz Micro$oft. Moving to a different timezone and not telling your computer. So the time shown on their computer looks correct, but the timezone is wrong. They may not be looking at the timezone, so wont notice. Apt notices however, and thinks the Release file is from the future.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2019-12-23 01:38	onefang	New Issue
2019-12-23 01:38	onefang	Status	new => assigned
2019-12-23 01:38	onefang	Assigned To	=> onefang
2024-01-10 07:21	onefang	Note Added: 0000628