Harry Putnam:
Ok, maybe a bit of a lamer here but:
What is the /etc/cron.daily/apt script supposed to do?
I agree that this is underdocumented. But you can deduce some bits of
that it does by the apt settings it honours. Part of my
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/local:
APT {
// see:
Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com writes:
Thanks for the in depth explanations and advice. Very helpful.
Of course there are other ways, like removing the
/etc/cron.daily/logrotate script altogether and running logrotate
from roots' crontab.
Under the principle of where do you stop I think that is
On 2013-10-06, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote:
I think that comment was basically that /etc/cron.daily/apt doesn't
have anything to do with log rotation. So you are barking up the
wrong tree.
Maybe he thought that given the apt script is run before the logrotate
script in cron.daily (if
On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 07:57:46AM +, Curt wrote:
On 2013-10-06, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote:
I think that comment was basically that /etc/cron.daily/apt doesn't
have anything to do with log rotation. So you are barking up the
wrong tree.
Maybe he thought that given the apt
On 2013-10-07, Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote:
Maybe he thought that given the apt script is run before the logrotate
script in cron.daily (if indeed they're handled in alphabetical order?
(apparently, yes, they're run in 'lexical sort order' order according to
the
On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 12:09:27PM +, Curt wrote:
On 2013-10-07, Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote:
Remember what Benny Hill said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6jaKkE0RsI
but not an assumption
a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a
conclusion
Curt cu...@free.fr writes:
On 2013-10-06, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote:
I think that comment was basically that /etc/cron.daily/apt doesn't
have anything to do with log rotation. So you are barking up the
wrong tree.
Maybe he thought that given the apt script is run before the
Harry Putnam wrote:
Further testing... first take anacron out of play as BobP suggests.
I removed the the anacron part of the line in /etc/crontab
original(except dates) :
Just for the record I was suggesting:
apt-get remove anacron
That by itself should be sufficient. And then if you
Harry Putnam wrote:
One final question: I decided to rename the /etc/cron.daily/logrotate
script to /etc/cron.daily/00logrotate, so that it runs first. Just in
case what ever caused my problem ... comes up again. At least
00logrotate will have the best chance of getting run.
I just find it
On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 10:39:38AM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote:
Logrotation is not happening for some reason, so stumbling around
What is output of:
apt-cache policy logrotate
investigating and ran up on /etc/cron.daily/apt
Are we on the same page here?
What is the /etc/cron.daily/apt script
Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz writes:
On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 10:39:38AM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote:
Logrotation is not happening for some reason, so stumbling around
What is output of:
apt-cache policy logrotate
,
| logrotate:
| Installed: 3.8.6-1
| Candidate: 3.8.6-1
|
Harry Putnam wrote:
Chris Bannister writes:
Harry Putnam wrote:
Logrotation is not happening for some reason, so stumbling around
A cron related problem.
What is output of:
apt-cache policy logrotate
Just to show that you do have logrotate installed. You do. So it is
on the cron side
On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 13:19:35 -0400
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
Is 25.5 minutes normal for that script?
The script has a sleep for up to 30 minutes, so everybody's script does not hit
the mirrors at the same time.
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Logrotation is not happening for some reason, so stumbling around
investigating and ran up on /etc/cron.daily/apt
Ok, maybe a bit of a lamer here but:
What is the /etc/cron.daily/apt script supposed to do?
Looking thru the script, I couldn't make heads or tails of it.
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