On Tue, Oct 04, 2016 at 08:26:53PM +0100, Sam Morris wrote:
> Another pattern I have seen used by a couple of packages is to ship a
> .timer and a .service file to perform the regular task, and a
> corresponding cron job that invokes the same command when the system is
> not booted with systemd. For example, see /etc/cron.daily/apt-compat
> and apt-daily.{timer,service}.

What would be the advantage over a regular cron job?

Greetings
Marc

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