UPDATE_RUNS=3
STATUS=/var/cache/dsa/nagios/apt
+SLEEP_MAX=$(( 15 * 60 ))
+MAX_AGE=$(( 23 * 60 * 60 ))
+# we want to run if any of the following things is true
+# - we have never run before
+# - var/lib/dpkg/status has been touched since the last run
+# - var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin has been touched since the last run
+# - our last run ended with 'apt-get update failed'
+# - our last run has been more than MAX_AGE (23hrs) ago
run_required() {
local run=0
local norun=1
[ /var/lib/dpkg/status -nt "$STATUS" ] && return $run
[ /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin -nt "$STATUS" ] && return $run
grep "apt-get update failed" "$STATUS" > /dev/null && return $run
-}
-sleep_max=7200
+ local last_mod
+ last_mod=`stat -c "%Y" "$STATUS"`
+ now=`date +%s`
+ age=$(( $now - $last_mod ))
+ [ "$age" -gt "$MAX_AGE" ] && return $run
-if [ "$1" == "hourly" ] ; then
- # on the hourly run, only update when the system changed since the last run
- run_required || exit
- sleep_max=900
-fi
+ return $norun
+}
+
+# do stuff only when required
+run_required || exit
# sleep if called non-interactively
if [ -z "$TERM" -o "$TERM" = "dumb" ]; then
- sleep $(( $RANDOM % $sleep_max ))
+ sleep $(( $RANDOM % $SLEEP_MAX ))
fi
# run apt-get update, retry a few times if it fails