Package: systemd-cron Version: 1.5.12-2 Severity: normal
Found this in the wild: zfsutils-linux package has the following cron.d entry:
# Scrub the second Sunday of every month. 24 0 8-14 * * root [ $(date +\%w) -eq 0 ] && [ -x /usr/lib/zfs-linux/scrub ] && /usr/lib/zfs-linux/scrub
generating this timer unit:
[Unit] Description=[Timer] "24 0 8-14 * * root [ $(date +\%w) -eq 0 ] && [ -x /usr/lib/zfs-linux/scrub ] && /usr/lib/zfs-linux/scrub"
which yields: /run/systemd/generator/cron-zfsutils-linux-root-0.timer:2: Failed to resolve unit specifiers on [Timer] "24 0 8-14 * * root [ $(date +\%w) -eq 0 ] && [ -x /usr/lib/zfs-linux/scrub ] && /usr/lib/zfs-linux/scrub", ignoring: Invalid slot The % should be escaped in Description as well using %%. -- Package-specific info: -- output of systemd-delta -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (800, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.14.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages systemd-cron depends on: ii libc6 2.26-4 ii python3 3.6.4-1 ii systemd-sysv 236-3 Versions of packages systemd-cron recommends: ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-transport-agent] 4.90-3 systemd-cron suggests no packages.
