>A much smaller change would just to add the following file in the >cron.hourly directory (not tested): > >====8<==== > >#!/bin/sh > >/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d anacron start >/dev/null > >====8<==== > >Of course, my proposed patches would requires that the machine is >turned on at xx:00 at least once a day. And apparently some people wants >to use anacron without a cron implementation, this would not solve this >bug for them either.
> So if somebody has a better solution... You could maybe call anacron with a native hourly persistent timer. It would run at boot & every hour. ##### anacron-hourly.timer [Unit] Description=Anacron hourly trigger Documentation=man:anacron(#) [Timer] Unit=anacron-hourly.service OnCalendar=hourly Persistent=true ##### anacron-hourly.service [Unit] Description=Anacron hourly service Documentation=man:anacron(#) [Service] Type=forking IgnoreSIGPIPE=false ExecStart=/usr/sbin/anacron .... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org