I've also made the log file include some additional information which revealed that the "already running message" is normal because the cronjob is running continuously. For example:
2016-03-11 16:56:02,145:16886:last checked: 2016-03-11 08:53:03.120000 2016-03-11 16:56:09,308:16886:extracting changelog for backup2l 1.5-8 2016-03-11 16:56:13,172:16886:extracting changelog for csmith 2.2.0-2 2016-03-11 16:56:19,553:16886:extracting changelog for eterm 0.9.6-4 2016-03-11 16:56:23,640:16886:ksysguard 5.5.4-0ubuntu1 in PENDING state 2016-03-11 16:57:01,602:17180:another extractor is running, exiting 2016-03-11 16:57:37,987:16886:extracting changelog for mistral 2.0.0~b3-3 2016-03-11 16:58:01,831:17405:another extractor is running, exiting 2016-03-11 16:59:04,324:17635:another extractor is running, exiting 2016-03-11 16:59:14,534:16886:extracting changelog for netbeans 8.1+dfsg2-3 Notice the different process ids. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1555266 Title: some changelogs are missing from the server used To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/extract-changelogs/+bug/1555266/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs