apt-lists-age — Age of downloaded package lists¶

Several checks (apt-upgradable, obsolete-packages, apt-autoremove) work from the package lists APT downloaded the last time apt update ran. pydebuprep never refreshes them itself, so this check tells you how current that data is.

At a glance


ID	`apt-lists-age`
Category	Release
Needs root	no
Needs programs	none
Compares with a snapshot	no
Options	1

What it checks¶

The modification time of the newest *_InRelease / *_Release file in /var/lib/apt/lists.

Findings¶

Severity	Finding	What to do
warning	No downloaded package lists	`sudo apt update`. The package checks have no data until then.
info	Package lists are N days old	`sudo apt update`, then run pydebuprep again for current results.

Commands it runs¶

None: it only reads file times.

Limitations¶

It measures when the lists were downloaded, not whether the repositories they came from are still reachable or correct; see apt-sources.

Options¶

Option	Default	Description
`max_age_days`	`7`	Report package lists older than this

Set them in the configuration file under checks: apt-lists-age:, or for one run with --check-option:

checks:
  apt-lists-age:
    enabled: true
    max_age_days: 7

pydebuprep report --check-option apt-lists-age.max_age_days=7