It looks like supporting /etc/cron.d and /etc/crontab format are requirements for packages providing cron-daemon. As systemd-cron had a bug report against it until it provided support for those formats and fcron does not provide cron-daemon.
I can't really say if it should be required or suggested. I was surprised it wasn't required as a package that integrates with cron should need cron. If you have a preference for a specific cron implementation just "or" it into the list. Depends: cron | cron-daemon If it encounters this dependency it will prefer to install the first one. I think the virtual package gives preference to the Debian default which I believe is croon right now. Ola Lundqvist <o...@inguza.com> wrote: >Hi > >Good suggestion. However I need to know if other daemons are compatible >with /etc/cron.d file format. > >I guess it should be a dependency on cron-daemon and recommend on cron. >or? > >/ Ola > >Inguza Technology AB >Sent from a phone >Den 15 nov 2014 23:15 skrev "Ted Kotz" <t...@kotz.us>: > >> Package: cron-apt >> Version: 0.9.2 >> Severity: normal >> >> Dear Maintainer, >> >> >> This package should recommend virtual package "cron-daemon" instead >of >> cron. That way users can use an alternative cron daemon more easily. >> >> >> -- System Information: >> Debian Release: jessie/sid >> APT prefers testing-updates >> APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing') >> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) >> Foreign Architectures: i386 >> >> Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) >> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) >> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash >> >> Versions of packages cron-apt depends on: >> ii apt 1.0.9.3 >> >> Versions of packages cron-apt recommends: >> ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20140825cvs-1 >> pn cron <none> >> ii liblockfile1 1.09-6 >> >> cron-apt suggests no packages. >> >> -- Configuration Files: >> /etc/cron-apt/action.d/3-download changed: >> autoclean -y >> dist-upgrade -d -y -o APT::Get::Show-Upgraded=true >> upgrade -d -y -o APT::Get::Show-Upgraded=true >> >> >> -- no debconf information >> -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
