Hi Marc Sorry again for the late reply. Yes such a patch can be considered. It must be clear on how the cron-fallback would work though.
// Ola On Sat, 11 Jun 2022 at 08:51, Marc Haber <mh+debian-packa...@zugschlus.de> wrote: > Package: cron-apt > Version: 0.13.0.1 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > would you be open to a patch that adds the possibility to use systemd > timers? Quite some packages in Debian have adopted a way to run through > systemd timers and systemd units on systems that have systemd, falling > back to the "old" cron job configuration if there is no systemd. for > example, apt is doing it this way. > > I am attaching the four preliminary systemd units I am using on a test > system without problems. You might notice that they're using systemd's > RandomizedDelaySec feature and call cron-apt -i instead. I find that > more elegant. > > The systemd units would also make it easier to run with reduced > privileges, having parts of the file system read-only and have other > nice security features. My preliminary units don't do that yet, but I > would be willing to do that if there is a chance to get the work into > the package. > > Let me know what you think. > > Greetings > Marc > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: bookworm/sid > APT prefers stable-security > APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, > 'testing'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 5.18.3-zgsrv20080 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > > Versions of packages cron-apt depends on: > ii apt 2.5.0 > > Versions of packages cron-apt recommends: > ii cron [cron-daemon] 3.0pl1-142 > ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-transport-agent] 4.95-6 > ii liblockfile1 1.17-1+b1 > > cron-apt suggests no packages. > > -- Configuration Files: > /etc/cron-apt/config changed [not included] > /etc/cron.d/cron-apt changed [not included] > /etc/logrotate.d/cron-apt changed [not included] > > -- no debconf information > -- --- Inguza Technology AB --- MSc in Information Technology ---- | o...@inguza.com o...@debian.org | | http://inguza.com/ Mobile: +46 (0)70-332 1551 | ---------------------------------------------------------------
