run update-apt-xapian-index (with ionice) to ensure that

[ntk/apt.git] / debian / apt.cron.daily

diff --git a/debian/apt.cron.daily b/debian/apt.cron.daily
index a5c646d..954f0bf 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/apt.cron.daily
+++ b/debian/apt.cron.daily
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ check_size_constraints()
     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()
 {
@@ -175,10 +175,16 @@ 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
@@ -192,40 +198,33 @@ if which on_ac_power >/dev/null; then
     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
 
 # set the proxy based on the admin users gconf settings
 admin_user=$(getent group admin|cut -d: -f4|cut -d, -f1)
 if [ -n "$admin_user" ] && [ -x /usr/bin/sudo ] && [ -z "$http_proxy" ] && [ -x /usr/bin/gconftool ]; then
-       use=$(sudo -u "$admin_user" gconftool --get /system/http_proxy/use_http_proxy)
-       host=$(sudo -u "$admin_user" gconftool --get /system/http_proxy/host)
-       port=$(sudo -u "$admin_user" gconftool --get /system/http_proxy/port)
+       use=$(sudo -u "$admin_user" gconftool --get /system/http_proxy/use_http_proxy 2>/dev/null)
+       host=$(sudo -u "$admin_user" gconftool --get /system/http_proxy/host 2>/dev/null)
+       port=$(sudo -u "$admin_user" gconftool --get /system/http_proxy/port 2>/dev/null)
        if [ "$use" = "true" ] && [ -n "$host" ] && [ -n "$port" ]; then
                export http_proxy="http://$host:$port/"
        fi
 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
     # check for a new archive signing key (against the master keyring)
@@ -238,6 +237,11 @@ if check_stamp $UPDATE_STAMP $UpdateInterval; then
        if which dbus-send >/dev/null; then
            dbus-send --system / app.apt.dbus.updated boolean:true 2>/dev/null || true
        fi
+       # now run apt-xapian-index if it is installed to ensure the index
+       # is up-to-date
+       if [ -x /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index ]; then
+           ionice -c3 update-apt-xapian-index -q
+       fi
         update_stamp $UPDATE_STAMP
     fi
 fi