Attached is a patch. Hope this helps.
Harri
diff -ur old/cron-3.0pl1/debian/changelog cron-3.0pl1/debian/changelog --- old/cron-3.0pl1/debian/changelog 2016-03-08 14:33:16.000000000 +0100 +++ cron-3.0pl1/debian/changelog 2016-03-08 14:32:51.976319657 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +cron (3.0pl1-128.1) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * make sure cron is started last and stopped first. Closes: #767016 + + -- Harald Dunkel <ha...@afaics.de> Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:12:41 +0100 + cron (3.0pl1-128) unstable; urgency=medium * d/cron.service: Use KillMode=process to kill only the daemon. diff -ur old/cron-3.0pl1/debian/cron.init cron-3.0pl1/debian/cron.init --- old/cron-3.0pl1/debian/cron.init 2016-03-08 14:33:16.000000000 +0100 +++ cron-3.0pl1/debian/cron.init 2016-03-08 14:11:38.048543606 +0100 @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ # Provides: cron # Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog $time # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog $time -# Should-Start: $network $named slapd autofs ypbind nscd nslcd winbind -# Should-Stop: $network $named slapd autofs ypbind nscd nslcd winbind +# Should-Start: $all +# Should-Stop: $all # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: # Short-Description: Regular background program processing daemon diff -ur old/cron-3.0pl1/debian/cron.service cron-3.0pl1/debian/cron.service --- old/cron-3.0pl1/debian/cron.service 2016-03-08 14:33:16.000000000 +0100 +++ cron-3.0pl1/debian/cron.service 2016-03-08 14:12:29.118294423 +0100 @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/sbin/cron -f $EXTRA_OPTS IgnoreSIGPIPE=false KillMode=process +Type=idle [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
