Update tool scan for new packages

[stan]

On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 06:36:13PM +0200, Thilo Six wrote:
> stan wrote the following on 18.05.2008 18:15
> 
> > after I upgraded to 8.04, I noticed that when I invoke the update tool from
> > the icon, it insists on scanning for new updates every time. Since the icon
> > only appears when the update tool already knows that there are new updates,
> > why was this behavior changes?
> 
> <--------  /etc/cron.daily/apt  --------
> # sleep for a random intervall of time (default 30min)
> # (some code taken from cron-apt, thanks)
> random_sleep()
> {
>     RandomSleep=1800
> --------------------------------------------->
> 
> It's intention is to reduce load on ubuntu mirrors, when all default
> installations run their crons at 6 am.
> 
> 
> > And can I revert back to the old behavior?
> 
> jusr edit above, or wait up to at least 31min after booting your PC.
> 
> 
> -- 
> bye Thilo
> 
> key: 0x4A411E09

This behaviot persits, even on machines that run 24x7, so I don't think
this can eb the culprit.
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