I can confirm exactly the same problem and would be happy if I could help the maintainer locating the problem. It is quite annoying not have a reliable anacron service.
* The problem only exists on my amd64 box. I have several other i386 machines with similar installations which are not affected. * The problem only exists since around June 9, 2013. Maybe it is related to some software/security update published around that time? Please let me know if I can help out with further information or tests. Gundolf Kiefer -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.1 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages anacron depends on: ii debianutils 4.3.2 ii libc6 2.13-38 ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian8+deb7u1 Versions of packages anacron recommends: ii cron 3.0pl1-124 ii rsyslog [system-log-daemon] 5.8.11-3 Versions of packages anacron suggests: ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-transport-agent] 4.80-7 ii powermgmt-base 1.31 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org