X-Git-Url: https://git.adam-barratt.org.uk/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=dsa-nagios-nrpe-config%2Fdsa-update-apt-status;h=47c7e7ad723bb72c15b2a7d9e30871102ee67ac2;hb=e49f10c8c838e9d2cc817515b155c5ca4e127eb7;hp=685f96608a48d1867eb0661de5b774017962d533;hpb=f6b717ee13c473194f6694efff294ccb7d80975d;p=mirror%2Fdsa-nagios.git

diff --git a/dsa-nagios-nrpe-config/dsa-update-apt-status b/dsa-nagios-nrpe-config/dsa-update-apt-status
index 685f966..47c7e7a 100755
--- a/dsa-nagios-nrpe-config/dsa-update-apt-status
+++ b/dsa-nagios-nrpe-config/dsa-update-apt-status
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@
 UPDATE_RUNS=3
 STATUS=/var/cache/dsa/nagios/apt
 
+# sleep if called non-interactively
 if [ -z "$TERM" -o "$TERM" = "dumb" ]; then
 	sleep $(( $RANDOM % 7200 ))
 fi
+
+# run apt-get update, retry a few times if it fails
 count=0
 while [ "$count" -lt "$UPDATE_RUNS" ]; do
 	apt-get update -qq
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@ if [ "$count" -ge "$UPDATE_RUNS" ]; then
 	 exit 1
 fi
 
+# run the apt check itself
 tmp=`tempfile`
 trap "rm -f '$tmp'" exit
 /usr/share/dsa/apt-status-check --noupdate --timeout=600 > "$tmp"