Public bug reported: I'm using Ubuntu 16.10 dev with apt 1.3~exp1 and I'm noticing that /etc/cron.daily/apt-compat does set the random timeout and keeping the related processes that time open before the check for APT::Periodic::Enable is done in /usr/lib/apt/apt.systemd.daily. Since the timeout exists to prevent all the users to stress the servers at the same time but an user might have disabled the periodic job with APT::Periodic::Enable I think it would be better if setting the timeout would be moved from /etc/cron.daily/apt-compat to /usr/lib/apt/apt.systemd.daily at a suitable place somewhere after the APT::Periodic::Enable check.
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1582015 Title: Moving the daily apt timeout after the APT::Periodic::Enable check To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1582015/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs