Package: anacron Version: 2.3-11 Severity: wishlist See #14931 for some related issues.
I was a bit confused by README.Debian. That file says "you should never be aware that anacron and not cron is taking care of your cron jobs. Jobs registered via cron are run by anacron instead. To avoid cron and anacron running the same job, place a line like:" This implied to me that anacron completely takes over from cron, which (I think) is not the case. It also left me wondering how stuff in cron.d was going to get run. Finally, the indicated line, "test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts" is not in my crontab (which I don't think I've altered). Some lines have a somewhat similar form, though, ---------------------------------- # m h dom mon dow user command 17 * * * * root run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly 25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily 47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly 52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly ------------------------------------ In my initial, literal-minded reading, the line wasn't there, so something was wrong. My current thinking is that everything is OK, but the docs and what I saw on my sytem made me a bit nervous. Thanks. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable'), (40, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.27adnvcd Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages anacron depends on: ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-21 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- debconf information: anacron/jobs_in_crontab: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
