Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: findutils
In a fresh install of Intrepid there is no '/etc/cron.daily/find' file.
However, when upgrading from Hardy to Intrepid, a previously existing
'/etc/cron.daily/find' is retained (and even included in
/var/lib/dpkg/info/findutils.list which I find strange).
The problem with the retained '/etc/cron.daily/find' file is that it
uses the 'ionice' command with a wrong argument '-p', supplying a
scheduling-class specific priority value as an argument of '-p' which
takes actually a PID value. The correct option would be '-n', and this
is correct in the Intrepid '/etc/cron.daily/locate' coming from the
locate package.
The use of '-p' makes '/etc/cron.daily/find' fail with 'exit 1'
randomly, depending on if there is a process with a PID equal to a
priority value running in the system.
If you purge 'findutils' from an upgraded Intrepid system and then
reinstall it, the '/etc/cron.daily/find' file disappears and all is
well. However, this should probably happen automatically when findutils
is upgraded.
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
Linux version 2.6.27-7-generic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.3.2 (Ubuntu
4.3.2-1ubuntu11) ) #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:20 UTC 2008
findutils: 4.4.0-2ubuntu3
locate: 4.4.0-2ubuntu3
both come from source package findutils
** Affects: findutils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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/etc/cron.daily/find should be deleted when upgrading or it should use ionice
-n instead of -p
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/299838
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