This patch hits the needs of people having problems with anacron hanging. For the issues with hanging, and causing a notification if anacron is still running long after it should be, I think a separate process is in order. I could not find any way within upstart to do this, so I wrote a short script to launch from cron daily and squawk if anacron has been running >12 hours.
I've tried to make my script as portable as possible, but I'm not sure how portable my ps(1) and date(1) syntax is, or on how many platforms anacron is used. ** Patch added: "Notify if anacron seems hung" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/anacron/+bug/606491/+attachment/3540877/+files/anacron.notify_stuck.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/606491 Title: start: Job is already running: anacron To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/anacron/+bug/606491/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
