Merge pull request #722 from hughsaunders/apt_retry_update

Retry apt cache updates
2016-03-30 22:10:40 +02:00 · 2016-03-30 22:10:40 +02:00 · 70c3aee12a
commit 70c3aee12a
parent 8b13f2a693 e9fd7befb7
1 changed files with 9 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/packaging/os/apt.py
+++ b/packaging/os/apt.py
@ -706,7 +706,15 @@ def main():
                        updated_cache_time = int(time.mktime(mtimestamp.timetuple()))

            if cache_valid is not True:
-                cache.update()
+                for retry in xrange(3):
+                    try:
+                        cache.update()
+                        break
+                    except apt.cache.FetchFailedException:
+                        pass
+                else:
+                    #out of retries, pass on the exception
+                    raise
                cache.open(progress=None)
                updated_cache = True
                updated_cache_time = int(time.mktime(now.timetuple()))