Attached is the patch that Ubuntu currently uses to address the power management issue.
I propose to NMU this unless the maintainer beats me to it.
diff -u anacron-2.3/debian/dirs anacron-2.3/debian/dirs --- anacron-2.3/debian/dirs +++ anacron-2.3/debian/dirs @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ etc/cron.weekly etc/cron.monthly etc/apm/event.d +usr/lib/pm-utils/power.d/ +usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/ usr/sbin usr/share/doc/anacron usr/share/man/man5 diff -u anacron-2.3/debian/rules anacron-2.3/debian/rules --- anacron-2.3/debian/rules +++ anacron-2.3/debian/rules @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ install debian/0anacron.weekly debian/anacron/etc/cron.weekly/0anacron install debian/0anacron.monthly debian/anacron/etc/cron.monthly/0anacron install -m 755 debian/apm.d debian/anacron/etc/apm/event.d/anacron + install -m 755 debian/pm-utils.power.d debian/anacron/usr/lib/pm-utils/power.d/anacron + install -m 755 debian/pm-utils.sleep.d debian/anacron/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95anacron touch install-stamp diff -u anacron-2.3/debian/changelog anacron-2.3/debian/changelog --- anacron-2.3/debian/changelog +++ anacron-2.3/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +anacron (2.3-13.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Install pm-utils hook that starts/stops anacron on suspend/resume; merged + from Ubuntu (Closes: #202605) + + -- Peter Eisentraut <pet...@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:02:52 +0300 + anacron (2.3-13.1) unstable; urgency=low * Non-maintainer upload to fix release goal issue. only in patch2: unchanged: --- anacron-2.3.orig/debian/pm-utils.power.d +++ anacron-2.3/debian/pm-utils.power.d @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +# This script makes anacron jobs start/stop when a machine gets or loses AC +# power. + +# The /etc/init.d/anacron script now normally tries to avoid running anacron +# unless on AC power, so as to avoid running down the battery. (Things like +# the slocate updatedb cause a lot of I/O.) Rather than trying to +# second-guess which events reflect having or not having power, we just try to +# run anacron every time and let it abort if there's no AC. You'll see a +# message on the cron syslog facility (typically /var/log/cron) if it does +# run. + +case $1 in + false) + /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d anacron start >/dev/null + ;; + true) + /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d anacron stop >/dev/null + ;; +esac only in patch2: unchanged: --- anacron-2.3.orig/debian/pm-utils.sleep.d +++ anacron-2.3/debian/pm-utils.sleep.d @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +# This script makes anacron jobs start to run when the machine is woken up. +# For a laptop, these are the closest parallels to turning on a desktop. + +# The /etc/init.d/anacron script now normally tries to avoid running anacron +# unless on AC power, so as to avoid running down the battery. (Things like +# the slocate updatedb cause a lot of I/O.) Rather than trying to +# second-guess which events reflect having or not having power, we just try to +# run anacron every time and let it abort if there's no AC. You'll see a +# message on the cron syslog facility (typically /var/log/cron) if it does +# run. + +case $1 in + resume|thaw) + /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d anacron start >/dev/null + ;; + suspend|hibernate) + /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d anacron stop >/dev/null + ;; +esac
