On Jul 22, 2015 6:52 PM, "Gordon Messmer" <gordon.messmer(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
On 07/22/2015 04:07 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
>
> I think this is where things go wrong. OnBootSec handles powerdowns,
> what about intermittent connections? In principle, it is quite possible
> everytime the timer triggers the makecache service, the connection is
> absent.
Which shouldn't matter. If no connection is available, metadata won't
get
updated until you run an interactive command that forces a refresh.
Note that if you're on battery, makecache won't run, either. This is a
convenience function to reduce the delay in running interactive commands,
and nothing more.
--
Do you have references for the on-battery behavior? That's news to me.
--Pete