Package: anacron Version: 2.3-13 Severity: normal I had a job which was running under cron. When I switched to anacron it stopped working because $LOGNAME and $HOME aren't supplied by anacron, though they are by cron. I suggest this change to the default anacrontab:
--- anacrontab.~1~ 2006-11-15 14:39:28.000000000 -0500 +++ anacrontab 2006-11-15 14:57:56.000000000 -0500 @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin +LOGNAME=root +HOME=/root # These replace cron's entries 1 5 cron.daily nice run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (900, 'stable'), (700, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-oliver.1 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages anacron depends on: ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.1-15 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip Versions of packages anacron recommends: ii cron 3.0pl1-86 management of regular background p ii nullmailer [mail-transpor 1.00RC7-20.0.2 simple relay-only mail transport a ii sysklogd [system-log-daem 1.4.1-16 System Logging Daemon -- debconf information excluded -- Roderick Schertler [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
