This bug was fixed in the package apt - 1.2.10
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apt (1.2.10) unstable; urgency=medium
[ Zhou Mo ]
* zh_CN.po: update simplified Chinese translation. (100%)
[ Julian Andres Klode ]
* test-apt-download-progress: Use a larger file for testing
* Allow lowering trust level of
The APT cron job has a random delay to avoid having many thousands of
machines hitting mirrors at the very same time.
Perhaps we should rename it zzz-apt as to not delay the other jobs
randomly? or we could use /etc/cron.d instead of cron.daily.
As a workaround, you can move /etc/cron.daily/apt
Also, remember to have anacron enabled.
I've disabled it thinking it has no usage.
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APT daily cronjobs hangs, prevents other cronjobs to be executed
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246381
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I had the same problem. To solve it, I narrowed the search to the function
random_sleep.. It sleeps... 30 min
# sleep for a random intervall of time (default 30min)
# (some code taken from cron-apt, thanks)
random_sleep()
{
RandomSleep=1800
eval $(apt-config shell RandomSleep
