Bug#454561: /etc/cron.daily/apt should print error message on error
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.9
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
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Hi,
the cron script /etc/cron.daily/apt exits with error when the
cache could not be locked. But there is no error message indicating
that. The patch adds such a message.
Regards,
Bastian
- -- Package-specific info:
- -- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "1";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Acquire "";
APT::Acquire::Translation "environment";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::ExtractTemplates "";
APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir "/var/tmp";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "2";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/rkhunter ] && ( ! grep -q '^RK_OPT.*--disable [[:alnum:],]*hashes' /etc/default/rkhunter && ! grep -q '^DISABLE_TESTS=.*hashes' /etc/rkhunter.conf || grep -q '^RK_OPT=.*--enable [[:alnum:],]*hashes' /etc/default/rkhunter ) ; then /usr/bin/rkhunter --propupd; fi";
DSelect "";
DSelect::Clean "always";
"APT::Install-Recommends=False";
"APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval=7";
Acquire "";
Acquire::ftp "";
Acquire::ftp::Timeout "30";
- -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
- -- /etc/apt/sources.list --
# See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy
# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
# us
#deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
#deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
# at
#deb ftp://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
#deb-src ftp://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
# de
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
#deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ experimental main non-free contrib
#deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ experimental main non-free contrib
- -- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22treasure9 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2007.07.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii libc6 2.7-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.2.2-4 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.2.2-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
- -- no debconf information
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--- /etc/cron.daily/apt.orig 2007-12-06 09:14:27.372094080 +0100
+++ /etc/cron.daily/apt 2007-12-06 09:14:09.371199922 +0100
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
# check if we can lock the cache and if the cache is clean
if ! apt-get check -q -q 2>/dev/null; then
+ echo "$0: could not lock the APT cache"
exit 1
fi
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