use the Valid-Until header from the Release file but if the user

provides a setting in the configuration prefer the date which is
earlier.

apt-pkg/indexrecords.cc

@@ -88,34 +88,39 @@ bool indexRecords::Load(const string Filename)				/*{{{*/
    {
       strprintf(ErrorText, _("No Hash entry in Release file %s"), Filename.c_str());
       return false;
-   }  
+   }
 
    string Label = Section.FindS("Label");
    string StrDate = Section.FindS("Date");
    string StrValidUntil = Section.FindS("Valid-Until");
 
-   // if we have a Valid-Until header, use it
+   // if we have a Valid-Until header in the Release file, use it as default
    if (StrValidUntil.empty() == false)
    {
-      // set ValidUntil based on the information in the Release file
       if(RFC1123StrToTime(StrValidUntil.c_str(), ValidUntil) == false)
       {
 	 strprintf(ErrorText, _("Invalid 'Valid-Until' entry in Release file %s"), Filename.c_str());
 	 return false;
       }
-   } else {
-      // if we don't have a valid-until string, check if we have a default
-      int MaxAge = _config->FindI("APT::Acquire::Max-Default-Age", 0);
-      if (Label.empty() == true)
-	 MaxAge = _config->FindI(string("APT::Acquire::Max-Default-Age::"+Label).c_str(), MaxAge);
+   }
+   // get the user settings for this archive and use what expires earlier
+   int MaxAge = _config->FindI("APT::Acquire::Max-Default-Age", 0);
+   if (Label.empty() == true)
+      MaxAge = _config->FindI(string("APT::Acquire::Max-Default-Age::" + Label).c_str(), MaxAge);
 
-      if(MaxAge > 0 && RFC1123StrToTime(StrDate.c_str(), ValidUntil) == false)
-      {
-	 strprintf(ErrorText, _("Invalid 'Date' entry in Release file %s"), Filename.c_str());
-	 return false;
-      }
-      ValidUntil += 24*60*60*MaxAge;
+   if(MaxAge == 0) // No user settings, use the one from the Release file
+      return true;
+
+   time_t date;
+   if (RFC1123StrToTime(StrDate.c_str(), date) == false)
+   {
+      strprintf(ErrorText, _("Invalid 'Date' entry in Release file %s"), Filename.c_str());
+      return false;
    }
+   date += 24*60*60*MaxAge;
+
+   if (ValidUntil == 0 || ValidUntil > date)
+      ValidUntil = date;
 
    return true;
 }