Wait for things to start up before checking for them.

Sometimes you have to give the system time to actually start executing
things you are about to check for.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/apt-panopticon.lua b/apt-panopticon.lua
index 8f8a363..d6227ec 100755
--- a/apt-panopticon.lua
+++ b/apt-panopticon.lua
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ drwxr-x--- 2 www-data www-data 4096 2019-12-23 01:02:57.000000000 +1000 aptly
 -rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data  7129 2019-12-23 01:03:54.000000000 +1000 curl-debs-pkgmaster.devuan.org.log
 
 ]]
-os.execute('sleep 2')
+os.execute('sleep 1')   -- Wait for things to start up before checking for them.
             while 0 < APT.checkExes(downloadLock .. list.out .. "-" .. host .. ".log") do
                 D('*&lt;* About to yield coroutine while waiting on - 0 < APT.checkExes(' .. downloadLock .. list.out .. '-' .. host .. '.log')
                 coroutine.yield()
@@ -963,6 +963,7 @@ if 0 < #arg then
     end
 
     if APT.origin and APT.options.referenceSite.value ~= pu.host then
+os.execute('sleep 1')   -- Wait for things to start up before checking for them.
         while 0 < APT.checkExes(downloadLock .. "Release-"  .. pu.host .. ".log") do os.execute("sleep 10") end
         while 0 < APT.checkExes(downloadLock .. "Packages-" .. pu.host .. ".log") do os.execute("sleep 10") end
         while 0 < APT.checkExes(downloadLock .. "package-"  .. pu.host .. ".log") do os.execute("sleep 10") end
@@ -1007,6 +1008,7 @@ else
         end
     end
 
+os.execute('sleep 1')   -- Wait for things to start up before checking for them.
     while 1 <= APT.checkExes("apt-panopticon.lua " .. sendArgs) do os.execute("sleep 10") end
 
     for k, v in pairs(APT.mirrors) do
@@ -1030,6 +1032,7 @@ else
         end
     end
 
+os.execute('sleep 1')   -- Wait for things to start up before checking for them.
     while 1 <= APT.checkExes('tar -c --xz ' .. adt .. ' -f ' .. adt .. '.tar.xz') do os.execute("sleep 10") end
     if nil ~= adt then os.execute('rm -fr ' .. adt .. ' 2>/dev/null') end