+ elif [ $POWER -ne 0 ]; then
+ debug_echo "exit: power status ($POWER) undetermined."
+ exit 0
+ fi
+ debug_echo "system is on main power."
+fi
+
+# check if we can lock the cache and if the cache is clean
+if which apt-get >/dev/null && ! eval apt-get check $XAPTOPT $XSTDERR ; then
+ debug_echo "error encountered in cron job with \"apt-get check\"."
+ exit 0
+fi
+# No need to check for apt-get below
+
+# Global current time in seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
+now=$(date +%s)
+
+# Set default values and normalize
+Dir="/"
+eval $(apt-config shell Dir Dir)
+Dir=${Dir%/}
+
+CacheDir="var/cache/apt/"
+eval $(apt-config shell CacheDir Dir::Cache)
+CacheDir=${CacheDir%/}
+if [ -z "$CacheDir" ]; then
+ debug_echo "practically empty Dir::Cache, exiting"
+ exit 0
+fi
+
+CacheArchive="archives/"
+eval $(apt-config shell CacheArchive Dir::Cache::Archives)
+CacheArchive=${CacheArchive%/}
+if [ -z "$CacheArchive" ]; then
+ debug_echo "practically empty Dir::Cache::archives, exiting"
+ exit 0
+fi
+
+BackupArchiveInterval=0
+eval $(apt-config shell BackupArchiveInterval APT::Periodic::BackupArchiveInterval)
+
+BackupLevel=3
+eval $(apt-config shell BackupLevel APT::Periodic::BackupLevel)
+if [ $BackupLevel -le 1 ]; then BackupLevel=2 ; fi
+
+CacheBackup="backup/"
+eval $(apt-config shell CacheBackup Dir::Cache::Backup)
+CacheBackup=${CacheBackup%/}
+if [ -z "$CacheBackup" ]; then
+ echo "practically empty Dir::Cache::Backup, exiting" 1>&2
+ exit 0
+fi
+
+# Support old Archive for compatibility.
+# Document only Periodic for all controling parameters of this script.
+MaxAge=0
+eval $(apt-config shell MaxAge APT::Archives::MaxAge)
+eval $(apt-config shell MaxAge APT::Periodic::MaxAge)
+
+MinAge=2
+eval $(apt-config shell MinAge APT::Archives::MinAge)
+eval $(apt-config shell MinAge APT::Periodic::MinAge)
+
+MaxSize=0
+eval $(apt-config shell MaxSize APT::Archives::MaxSize)
+eval $(apt-config shell MaxSize APT::Periodic::MaxSize)
+
+UpdateInterval=0
+eval $(apt-config shell UpdateInterval APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists)
+
+DownloadUpgradeableInterval=0
+eval $(apt-config shell DownloadUpgradeableInterval APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages)
+
+UnattendedUpgradeInterval=0
+eval $(apt-config shell UnattendedUpgradeInterval APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade)
+
+AutocleanInterval=0
+eval $(apt-config shell AutocleanInterval APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval)
+
+Cache="${Dir}/${CacheDir}/${CacheArchive}/"
+Back="${Dir}/${CacheDir}/${CacheBackup}/"
+BackX="${Back}${CacheArchive}/"
+for x in $(seq 0 1 $((${BackupLevel}-1))); do
+ eval "Back${x}=${Back}${x}/"
+done
+
+# check if we actually have to do anything
+if [ $UpdateInterval -eq 0 ] &&
+ [ $DownloadUpgradeableInterval -eq 0 ] &&
+ [ $UnattendedUpgradeInterval -eq 0 ] &&
+ [ $BackupArchiveInterval -eq 0 ] &&
+ [ $AutocleanInterval -eq 0 ]; then
+ exit 0
+fi
+
+
+# backup after n-days if archive contents changed.
+# (This uses hardlink to save disk space)
+BACKUP_ARCHIVE_STAMP=/var/lib/apt/periodic/backup-archive-stamp
+if check_stamp $BACKUP_ARCHIVE_STAMP $BackupArchiveInterval; then
+ if [ $({(cd $Cache 2>/dev/null; find . -name "*.deb"); (cd $Back0 2>/dev/null;find . -name "*.deb") ;}| sort|uniq -u|wc -l) -ne 0 ]; then
+ mkdir -p $Back
+ rm -rf $Back$((${BackupLevel}-1))
+ for y in $(seq $((${BackupLevel}-1)) -1 1); do
+ eval BackY=${Back}$y
+ eval BackZ=${Back}$(($y-1))
+ if [ -e $BackZ ]; then mv -f $BackZ $BackY ; fi
+ done
+ cp -la $Cache $Back ; mv -f $BackX $Back0
+ update_stamp $BACKUP_ARCHIVE_STAMP
+ debug_echo "backup with hardlinks. (success)"
+ else
+
+ debug_echo "skip backup since same content."