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Author: Alan
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Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Please review and merge feature/remember_installed_packages
Hi,

On Fri, 03 May 2013 12:46:16 +0200 intrigeri <intrigeri@???> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Alan wrote (02 May 2013 22:54:48 GMT) :
> > This is an answer to blockers only. I belive they are all fixed.
>
> All... but the one about the NM behavior on individual hook failure,
> that you apparently have overlooked. See separate email.
>
> Also, it's not clear to me that someone volunteered to fix the
> [todo-later] stuff in time for 0.18.1. Alan, do you?
>

Yes I will do it for 0.19.

> >> If we go this way, perhaps the args we always want to
> >> pass to apt-get (`--yes' and `--quiet') could be stored in a
> >> variable on top of the script, and transparently added by
> >> _launch_apt_get?
> >>
> > I prefer to do that later (it will change more code and might
> > require more time/testing).
>
> OK. Added to the "Improvements for a next version" list on the
> ticket, then.
>

Thanks, I forgot it.

> > Each APT list contains a "Valid-Until:" field.
>
> Sure. This field is what I was referring to with my "not valid
> anymore" discussion. I'll go find the answer myself, then.
>
> So apparently:
>
>   * security.d.o Release files are valid for 10 days
>   * Wheezy and sid indices are valid for 7 days
>   * Squeeze, deb.torproject.org and deb.tails.boum.org don't set
>     Valid-Until. My understanding of Max-ValidTime in apt.conf(5) is
>     that this means "forever valid".

>

I didn't get the exact question. Thanks for your research.

Cheers