Public bug reported:
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.
** Affects: cron (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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cron: /etc/default/cron should not actually be deprecated
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