The attached patch would introduce two options to the cron job, -r for suppressing the random sleep and -u for showing usage information.
** Patch added: "apt.cron.daily.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/691050/+attachment/1773724/+files/apt.cron.daily.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/691050 Title: Daily cron job doesn't report failures -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs