merged bundle from david

[apt.git] / debian / apt.cron.daily

diff --git a/debian/apt.cron.daily b/debian/apt.cron.daily
index 75986f5f5f52c6f60e61e44e1f09e080abadafc8..2665b65796e9e6a1c07eb88af23d95fc7e0f685a 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/apt.cron.daily
+++ b/debian/apt.cron.daily
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #  Dir "/";
 #  - RootDir for all configuration files
 #
-#  Dir::Cache "var/apt/cache/";
+#  Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
 #  - Set apt package cache directory
 #
 #  Dir::Cache::Archives "archives/";
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ random_sleep()
     fi
     if [ -z "$RANDOM" ] ; then
         # A fix for shells that do not have this bash feature.
-       RANDOM=$(dd if=/dev/urandom count=1 2> /dev/null | cksum | cut -c"1-5")
+       RANDOM=$(( $(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=2 count=1 2> /dev/null | cksum | cut -d' ' -f1) % 32767 ))
     fi
     TIME=$(($RANDOM % $RandomSleep))
     debug_echo "sleeping for $TIME seconds"
@@ -305,14 +305,36 @@ debug_echo()
     fi
 }
 
+check_power(){
+    # laptop check, on_ac_power returns:
+    #       0 (true)    System is on main power
+    #       1 (false)   System is not on main power
+    #       255 (false) Power status could not be determined
+    # Desktop systems always return 255 it seems
+    if which on_ac_power >/dev/null; then
+        on_ac_power
+        POWER=$?
+        if [ $POWER -eq 1 ]; then
+           debug_echo "exit: system NOT on main power"
+           return 1
+        elif [ $POWER -ne 0 ]; then
+           debug_echo "power status ($POWER) undetermined, continuing"
+        fi
+        debug_echo "system is on main power."
+    fi
+    return 0
+}
+
 # ------------------------ main ----------------------------
 
-# Backup the 7 last versions of APT's extended_states file
-# shameless copy from dpkg cron
-if cd /var/backups ; then
-    if ! cmp -s apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/apt/extended_states; then
-       cp -p /var/lib/apt/extended_states apt.extended_states
-       savelog -c 7 apt.extended_states >/dev/null
+if test -r /var/lib/apt/extended_states; then
+    # Backup the 7 last versions of APT's extended_states file
+    # shameless copy from dpkg cron
+    if cd /var/backups ; then
+       if ! cmp -s apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/apt/extended_states; then
+           cp -p /var/lib/apt/extended_states apt.extended_states
+           savelog -c 7 apt.extended_states >/dev/null
+       fi
     fi
 fi
 
@@ -350,22 +372,7 @@ if [ "$VERBOSE" -ge 3 ]; then
     set -x
 fi
 
-# laptop check, on_ac_power returns:
-#       0 (true)    System is on main power
-#       1 (false)   System is not on main power
-#       255 (false) Power status could not be determined
-# Desktop systems always return 255 it seems
-if which on_ac_power >/dev/null; then
-    on_ac_power
-    POWER=$?
-    if [ $POWER -eq 1 ]; then
-       debug_echo "exit: system NOT on main power"
-       exit 0
-    elif [ $POWER -ne 0 ]; then
-       debug_echo "power status ($POWER) undetermined, continuing"
-    fi
-    debug_echo "system is on main power."
-fi
+check_power || exit 0
 
 # check if we can lock the cache and if the cache is clean
 if which apt-get >/dev/null && ! eval apt-get check -f $XAPTOPT $XSTDERR ; then
@@ -416,6 +423,7 @@ do_cache_backup $BackupArchiveInterval
 # sleep random amount of time to avoid hitting the 
 # mirrors at the same time
 random_sleep
+check_power || exit 0
 
 # include default system language so that "apt-get update" will
 # fetch the right translated package descriptions