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-rw-r--r--debian/apt.cron.daily26
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog3
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