On Sat, 03 May 2008 18:43:54 +0200 Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it> writes: > > > A wait & retry mechanism could be implemented, but... will it delay the > > remaining cron daily jobs, as well? > > Yes it would. At least when run serialy. > > So maybe an at job would be better. If the file is locked run the > script aagin in now+10m with --retry <N>. If N exceeds 6 fail. > Something like that. This is interesting. It would mean that apt should Recommends: at and that the script should test -x /usr/bin/at before attempting to adopt such retry strategy. However it could be done, I think. -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/index.html#nanodocs The nano-document series is here! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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