Still affects Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to cron in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1674492
Title: cron: /etc/default/cron should not actually be deprecated Status in cron package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The /etc/default/cron file claims that it has been deprecated in its own comments, and refers to an upstart configuration file (which is deprecated in Ubuntu 15.10 and up, in favor of systemd): $ cat /etc/default/cron # This file has been deprecated. Please add custom options for cron to # /etc/init/cron.conf and/or /etc/init/cron.override directly. See # the init(5) man page for more information. EXTRA_OPTS="-L 15" *** (added on my system for debugging) *** Yet, the systemd cron.service actually respects the content of the file: $ cat /lib/systemd/system/cron.service [Unit] Description=Regular background program processing daemon Documentation=man:cron(8) [Service] EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/cron ExecStart=/usr/sbin/cron -f $EXTRA_OPTS IgnoreSIGPIPE=false KillMode=process [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target (venv) arceo@lab-dev-01:~/poc-connectors/scripts$ So, the inaccurate comments in /etc/default/cron, and other such files (if this was perhaps an automated error by debhelper or similar tools), should be corrected accordingly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cron/+bug/1674492/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
