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| author | Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com> | 2008-02-25 18:08:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com> | 2008-02-25 18:08:19 +0000 |
| commit | 69c28efc768e22029ba343f335dd198ac52b1eef (patch) | |
| tree | 26cdc7a523be0a32cb15afb23557002d99ef9a16 | |
| parent | 7810fc042d4d3dda6b2c721d09d3eb7eadc12e2d (diff) | |
* debian/apt.cron.daily:
- sleep random amount of time (default within 0-30min) before
starting the upate to hit the mirrors less hard
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/apt.cron.daily | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 3 |
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/apt.cron.daily b/debian/apt.cron.daily index 7af689e1f..ec53a7f2f 100644 --- a/debian/apt.cron.daily +++ b/debian/apt.cron.daily @@ -147,6 +147,25 @@ check_size_constraints() fi } +# sleep for a random intervall 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 @@ -179,6 +198,13 @@ if ! apt-get check -q -q 2>/dev/null; then exit 1 fi +# sleep random amount of time +random_sleep + +# check again if we can access the cache +if ! apt-get check -q -q 2>/dev/null; then + exit 1 +fi UPDATE_STAMP=/var/lib/apt/periodic/update-stamp if check_stamp $UPDATE_STAMP $UpdateInterval; then diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 2c685b087..b6b0ac835 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ apt (0.7.12) UNRELEASED; urgency=low is run * methods/connect.cc: - remember hosts with Resolve failures or connect Timeouts + * debian/apt.cron.daily: + - sleep random amount of time (default within 0-30min) before + starting the upate to hit the mirrors less hard [ Christian Perrier ] * Fix typos in manpages. Thanks to Daniel Leidert for the fixes |