#
# This file understands the following apt configuration variables:
# Values here are the default.
-# Create /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02periodic file to set your preference.
+# Create /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic file to set your preference.
#
# Dir "/";
# - RootDir for all configuration files
# APT::Archives::MinAge "2"; (old, deprecated)
# APT::Periodic::MinAge "2"; (new)
# - Set minimum age of a package file. If a file is younger it
-# will not be deleted (0=disable). Usefull to prevent races
+# will not be deleted (0=disable). Useful to prevent races
# and to keep backups of the packages for emergency.
#
# APT::Archives::MaxSize "0"; (old, deprecated)
# APT::Periodic::MaxSize "0"; (new)
# - Set maximum size of the cache in MB (0=disable). If the cache
# is bigger, cached package files are deleted until the size
-# requirement is met (the biggest packages will be deleted
+# requirement is met (the oldest packages will be deleted
# first).
#
# APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
stamp=$(date --date=$(date -r $stamp_file --iso-8601) +%s 2>/dev/null)
if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
# Due to some timezones returning 'invalid date' for midnight on
- # certain dates (eg America/Sao_Paulo), if date returns with error
+ # certain dates (e.g. America/Sao_Paulo), if date returns with error
# remove the stamp file and return 0. See coreutils bug:
# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2007-09/msg00176.html
rm -f "$stamp_file"
now=$(date --date=$(date --iso-8601) +%s 2>/dev/null)
if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
# As above, due to some timezones returning 'invalid date' for midnight
- # on certain dates (eg America/Sao_Paulo), if date returns with error
+ # on certain dates (e.g. America/Sao_Paulo), if date returns with error
# return 0.
return 0
fi
delta=$(($now-$stamp))
- # intervall is in days, convert to sec.
+ # interval is in days, convert to sec.
interval=$(($interval*60*60*24))
debug_echo "check_stamp: interval=$interval, now=$now, stamp=$stamp, delta=$delta (sec)"
fi
fi
-# check apt-config exstance
+# check apt-config existence
if ! which apt-config >/dev/null ; then
exit 0
fi
now=$(date +%s)
# Support old Archive for compatibility.
-# Document only Periodic for all controling parameters of this script.
+# Document only Periodic for all controlling parameters of this script.
UpdateInterval=0
eval $(apt-config shell UpdateInterval APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists)