#!/bin/sh set -e # Systemd systems use a systemd timer unit which is preferable to # run. We want to randomize the apt update and unattended-upgrade # runs as much as possible to avoid hitting the mirrors all at the # same time. The systemd time is better at this than the fixed # cron.daily time if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then exit 0 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=$(( $(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=2 count=1 2> /dev/null | cksum | cut -d' ' -f1) % 32767 )) fi TIME=$(($RANDOM % $RandomSleep)) sleep $TIME } # run daily job random_sleep exec /usr/lib/apt/apt.systemd.daily