I have a suggestion. 1) Find any text you are able on UNIX 2) Read about cron
It is possible that cron was implemented in such a way that it must be set to task. If the Anacron message bothers you, I would remove APT from the cron process. It will free up memory. On 1/5/08, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Package: apt > Version: 0.7.9 > Severity: normal > > Hi! > > As far as I understand (see APT configuration below), > /etc/cron.daily/apt should do absolutely nothing on my system. > Hence, it should basically behave as /bin/true . > > Unfortunately, it seems that it can also behave as /bin/false > in some scenarios. > I upgraded to version 0.7.9 yesterday, used my box for some time > and then halted the system. > Today, I booted the system, logged in, and started doing some > things. > After a short time I received a local mail message from Anacron: > > Subject: Anacron job 'cron.daily' on $MY_HOST_NAME > Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:16:47 +0100 > > run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/apt exited with return code 1 > > It seems that the problem is related to bug #454561, but it's not > the same. If I read /etc/cron.daily/apt correctly, what happened > is that, when Anacron ran it, I was just in the middle of a manual > > aptitude update ; aptitude safe-upgrade > > As a consequence, /etc/cron.daily/apt could not lock the cache and > exited with exit status 1. > > My problem is: I didn't asked APT to do anything in an unattended > manner, why should /etc/cron.daily/apt attempt to lock the cache > and exit *with errors* when it fails to do so?!? > > I think that /etc/cron.daily/apt should *entirely* refrain from > checking cache lockability or performing any other actions, > *if* APT configuration implies that the script should do nothing > at all. > When APT configuration tells that /etc/cron.daily/apt should do > nothing at all, it should behave exactly as /bin/true ... > > > Is there anything I failed to understand? > > > -- Package-specific info: > > -- apt-config dump -- > > APT ""; > APT::Architecture "amd64"; > APT::Build-Essential ""; > APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; > APT::Install-Recommends "1"; > APT::Install-Suggests "0"; > APT::Acquire ""; > APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; > APT::Authentication ""; > APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; > APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; > APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; > APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; > 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/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"; > > -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- > > > -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- > > deb http://mir2.ovh.net/debian/ testing main > deb-src http://mir2.ovh.net/debian/ testing main > deb http://debian.intergenia.de/debian/ testing main > deb-src http://debian.intergenia.de/debian/ testing main > > deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > 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 2.7-5 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 > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
