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| author | Michael Vogt <mvo@ubuntu.com> | 2016-03-17 08:56:58 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> | 2016-04-01 13:02:39 +0200 |
| commit | 14669d4b95f0f6a9b215d7fa5aebbc3b7198585d (patch) | |
| tree | f22ee5dda27ea2a6fb3ee7bf07a553fbb5cd3d41 /debian/apt-daily.service | |
| parent | 6a4958d3134a3a61c036bc9ccaccc393c2bb99f2 (diff) | |
Use systemd.timer instead of a cron job
The rational is that we need to spread the load on the mirrors
that apt update and unattended-upgrades cause. To do so, we
leverage the RandomizeDelay feature of systemd. The other advantage
is that the timer is not run at a fixed daily.daily time but
instead every 24h. This also fixes the problem that the randomized
deplay in the current apt.cron.daily causes other cron jobs to
be deplayed.
A compatibility cron job is also provided for systems that do not
use systemd.
Note that the time is fired two times a day, but the logic inside
of apt.systemd.daily will ensure (via stamp files) that the
servers are hit at most every 24h. Firing two times a day helps
with the worst case update time and it also helps with systems
that are not always on.
LP: #246381, #727685
Closes: #600262, #709675, #663290
Diffstat (limited to 'debian/apt-daily.service')
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/apt-daily.service | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/apt-daily.service b/debian/apt-daily.service new file mode 100644 index 000000000..941263d05 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/apt-daily.service @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +[Unit] +Description=Daily apt activities +Documentation=man:apt(8) + +[Service] +Type=oneshot +ExecStart=/usr/lib/apt/apt.systemd.daily + |