fi
}
+# sleep for a random interval of time (default 30min)
+# (some code taken from cron-apt, thanks)
+random_sleep()
+{
+ RandomSleep=1800
+ eval $(apt-config shell RandomSleep APT::Periodic::RandomSleep)
+ if [ $RandomSleep -eq 0 ]; then
+ return
+ fi
+ if [ -z "$RANDOM" ] ; then
+ # A fix for shells that do not have this bash feature.
+ RANDOM=$(dd if=/dev/urandom count=1 2> /dev/null | cksum | cut -c"1-5")
+ fi
+ TIME=$(($RANDOM % $RandomSleep))
+ sleep $TIME
+}
+
+# main
+
+if ! which apt-config >/dev/null; then
+ exit 0
+fi
UpdateInterval=0
DownloadUpgradeableInterval=0
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
+# sleep random amount of time to avoid hitting the
+# mirrors at the same time
+random_sleep
+
+# check if we can access the cache
+if ! apt-get check -q -q 2>/dev/null; then
+ # 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 which dbus-send >/dev/null; then
- dbus-send --system / app.apt.dbus.updated boolean:true
- fi
+ 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
fi
fi