Hello Lance, On Fri, Oct 07, 2022 at 12:34:33PM +0000, Lance Lin wrote: > I believe I've found the issue! Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you > but I believe I have an answer. > > It seems to be related to an inadequate cleanup. I don't have a great > explanation but I found something that works. > > The -33 version that removed the symlinks *somehow* (I am not sure) corrupted > the whole install. I've found that > uninstalling anacron, removing the files associated with anacron and then > re-installing the package (-35) will > > yield a service that works. > > Specifically, I removed: > /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-*/ ... anacron files [might not be > needed?] > /var/lib/dpkg/info/anacron.* files [might not be needed?] > /var/spool/anacron > /etc/anacrontab [I think this file is the problem!!] > > Since you already have cron files, perhaps you could back them up, uninstall > anacron, remove the files, and then > re-install anacron (-35), and then overlay your existing cron files? Would > you be so kind to test this out on > your machine and see if this fixes it?
I did the following:
apt-get remove --purge anacron
root@twentytwo:~# ls /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-* | grep anacron
root@twentytwo:~#
root@twentytwo:~# LC_ALL=C ls /var/lib/dpkg/info/anacron*
ls: cannot access '/var/lib/dpkg/info/anacron*': No such file or directory
root@twentytwo:~# LC_ALL=C ls /var/spool/anacron
ls: cannot access '/var/spool/anacron': No such file or directory
root@twentytwo:~# LC_ALL=C ls /etc/anacrontab
ls: cannot access '/etc/anacrontab': No such file or directory
root@twentytwo:~# mkdir ~/crontmp
root@twentytwo:~# mv -iv /etc/cron* ~/crontmp/
Datei umbenannt '/etc/cron.d' -> '/root/crontmp/cron.d'
Datei umbenannt '/etc/cron.daily' -> '/root/crontmp/cron.daily'
Datei umbenannt '/etc/cron.hourly' -> '/root/crontmp/cron.hourly'
Datei umbenannt '/etc/cron.monthly' -> '/root/crontmp/cron.monthly'
Datei umbenannt '/etc/crontab' -> '/root/crontmp/crontab'
Datei umbenannt '/etc/cron.weekly' -> '/root/crontmp/cron.weekly'
# apt-get install anacron
and then moved the cron files back.
root@twentytwo:~# LC_ALL=C ls -l /var/spool/anacron
total 0
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Oct 16 18:31 cron.daily
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Oct 16 18:31 cron.monthly
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Oct 16 18:31 cron.weekly
I report to you tomorrow if cron.daily gets updated …
> Thank you for your help in tracking this down!
Thanks for fixing it so swiftly and promptly.
Greetings
Helge
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