From owner-freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Tue Feb 14 11:24:08 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-pkg@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3ED4CDF523 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:24:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F5461DC6 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:24:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 8EB96CDF522; Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:24:08 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: pkg@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E6B5CDF521 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:24:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from smtp.des.no (smtp.des.no [194.63.250.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 544C91DC5; Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:24:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from desk.des.no (smtp.des.no [194.63.250.102]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6EFA105E9; Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:24:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by desk.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 77AAF2670; Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:22:55 +0100 (CET) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: Cy Schubert Cc: Alan Somers , scrappy@freebsd.org, Brian Somers , freebsd-bugzilla@ayaken.net, Cy Schubert , pkg@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bug 217055 - Consolidate random sleeps in periodic scripts References: <201702140647.v1E6lVd8078946@slippy.cwsent.com> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:22:55 +0100 In-Reply-To: <201702140647.v1E6lVd8078946@slippy.cwsent.com> (Cy Schubert's message of "Mon, 13 Feb 2017 22:47:31 -0800") Message-ID: <868tp9j9tc.fsf@desk.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Binary package management and package tools discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:24:08 -0000 Cy Schubert writes: > + tty >/dev/null 2>&1 && daily_ntpd_avoid_congestion=3DNO This won't work, because && forks. You need: if [ -t 0 ] ; then ... ; fi As for the subject matter, I think it's a good idea, and if periodic always sleeps for a random amount of time, there is no need for an additional sleep in 480.leapfile-ntpd (and frankly, I don't like that the current version leaves a task running in the background). DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no