fi
}
-# sleep for a random intervall of time (default 30min)
+# sleep for a random interval of time (default 30min)
# (some code taken from cron-apt, thanks)
random_sleep()
{
eval $(apt-config shell UpdateInterval APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists DownloadUpgradeableInterval APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages)
AutocleanInterval=$DownloadUpgradeableInterval
eval $(apt-config shell AutocleanInterval APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval)
-
UnattendedUpgradeInterval=0
eval $(apt-config shell UnattendedUpgradeInterval APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade)
+# check if we actually have to do anything
+if [ $UpdateInterval -eq 0 ] &&
+ [ $DownloadUpgradeableInterval -eq 0 ] &&
+ [ $UnattendedUpgradeInterval -eq 0 ] &&
+ [ $AutocleanInterval -eq 0 ]; then
+ exit 0
+fi
# laptop check, on_ac_power returns:
# 0 (true) System is on mains power
fi
fi
-# check if we can lock the cache and if the cache is clean
-# There's a reasonable chance that someone is already running an apt
-# frontend that has locked the cache, so exit quietly if it is locked.
-if ! apt-get check -q -q 2>/dev/null; then
- exit 0
-fi
-
-# sleep random amount of time
+# sleep random amount of time to avoid hitting the
+# mirrors at the same time
random_sleep
-# check again if we can access the cache
+# check if we can access the cache
if ! apt-get check -q -q 2>/dev/null; then
- exit 1
+ # wait random amount of time before retrying
+ random_sleep
+ # check again
+ if ! apt-get check -q -q 2>/dev/null; then
+ echo "$0: could not lock the APT cache while performing daily cron job. "
+ echo "Is another package manager working?"
+ exit 1
+ fi
fi
UPDATE_STAMP=/var/lib/apt/periodic/update-stamp
if check_stamp $UPDATE_STAMP $UpdateInterval; then
if apt-get -qq update 2>/dev/null; then
- if pidof dbus-daemon >/dev/null; then
+ if which dbus-send >/dev/null && pidof dbus-daemon >/dev/null; then
dbus-send --system / app.apt.dbus.updated boolean:true
fi
update_stamp $UPDATE_STAMP