On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 05:37:28PM +0100, Norberto M. Lopes wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.7.12 > Severity: minor > > --- Please enter the report below this line. --- > apt in /etc/cron.daily sometimes sleeps for more than 20 minutes. > Is there any reason for sleeping for so much time? > apt calls random_sleep and sometimes the random value will be 1600 or > something... (1800 being the maximum) [..]
The random sleep was added to avoid that the big archive servers/mirrors get hammered at exactly the same time when a lot of machines are switched on, e.g. 9:00 in the morning. Cheers, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
