On 2026-04-13 12:22:23 +0200, Jean-Marc wrote: > Upgrading anacron:amd64 from 2.3-47 to 2.3-48 today on my Debian sid without > any issue or nor freeze. > > I used apt and not aptitude.
I've just upgraded anacron:amd64 from 2.3-47 to 2.3-48 on another machine with aptitude, and there were no issues. But I did not get Will run job `cron.daily' in 5 min. Will run job `cron.weekly' in 10 min. in the journalctl output. Just the following: Apr 13 12:43:25 cventin systemd[1]: Starting anacron.service - Run anacron jobs... Apr 13 12:43:25 cventin systemd[1]: anacron.timer: Deactivated successfully. Apr 13 12:43:25 cventin systemd[1]: Stopped anacron.timer - Trigger anacron every hour. Apr 13 12:43:25 cventin systemd[1]: Stopping anacron.timer - Trigger anacron every hour... Apr 13 12:43:25 cventin systemd[1]: Started anacron.timer - Trigger anacron every hour. Apr 13 12:43:25 cventin anacron[317825]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2026-04-13 Apr 13 12:43:25 cventin anacron[317825]: Normal exit (0 jobs run) Apr 13 12:43:25 cventin systemd[1]: anacron.service: Deactivated successfully. Apr 13 12:43:25 cventin systemd[1]: Finished anacron.service - Run anacron jobs. Actually I think that there were no reasons to run the above jobs on the other machine. I had (the first two concern both cron.daily and cron.weekly): Mar 29 07:31:14 qaa systemd[1]: Started anacron.service - Run anacron jobs. Mar 29 07:31:14 qaa anacron[838830]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2026-03-29 Mar 29 07:31:14 qaa anacron[838830]: Will run job `cron.daily' in 5 min. Mar 29 07:31:14 qaa anacron[838830]: Will run job `cron.weekly' in 10 min. Mar 29 07:31:14 qaa anacron[838830]: Jobs will be executed sequentially Mar 29 07:36:14 qaa anacron[838830]: Job `cron.daily' started Mar 29 07:36:14 qaa anacron[839037]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2026-03-29 Mar 29 07:36:14 qaa anacron[838830]: Job `cron.daily' terminated Mar 29 07:41:14 qaa anacron[838830]: Job `cron.weekly' started Mar 29 07:41:14 qaa anacron[839273]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.weekly' to 2026-03-29 Mar 29 07:41:14 qaa anacron[838830]: Job `cron.weekly' terminated Mar 29 07:41:14 qaa anacron[838830]: Normal exit (2 jobs run) Mar 29 07:41:14 qaa systemd[1]: anacron.service: Deactivated successfully. Mar 29 07:41:14 qaa systemd[1]: anacron.service: Consumed 585ms CPU time over 10min 60ms wall clock time, 159.3M memory peak. Apr 05 07:31:57 qaa systemd[1]: Started anacron.service - Run anacron jobs. Apr 05 07:31:57 qaa anacron[1629332]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2026-04-05 Apr 05 07:31:57 qaa anacron[1629332]: Will run job `cron.daily' in 5 min. Apr 05 07:31:57 qaa anacron[1629332]: Will run job `cron.weekly' in 10 min. Apr 05 07:31:57 qaa anacron[1629332]: Jobs will be executed sequentially Apr 05 07:36:57 qaa anacron[1629332]: Job `cron.daily' started Apr 05 07:36:57 qaa anacron[1629501]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2026-04-05 Apr 05 07:36:58 qaa anacron[1629332]: Job `cron.daily' terminated Apr 05 07:41:57 qaa anacron[1629332]: Job `cron.weekly' started Apr 05 07:41:57 qaa anacron[1629706]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.weekly' to 2026-04-05 Apr 05 07:41:57 qaa systemd[1]: anacron.service: Deactivated successfully. Apr 05 07:41:57 qaa anacron[1629332]: Job `cron.weekly' terminated Apr 05 07:41:57 qaa anacron[1629332]: Normal exit (2 jobs run) Apr 05 07:41:57 qaa systemd[1]: anacron.service: Consumed 611ms CPU time over 10min 44ms wall clock time, 157.9M memory peak. Apr 10 07:32:46 qaa systemd[1]: Started anacron.service - Run anacron jobs. Apr 10 07:32:46 qaa anacron[144869]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2026-04-10 Apr 10 07:32:46 qaa anacron[144869]: Will run job `cron.daily' in 5 min. Apr 10 07:32:46 qaa anacron[144869]: Jobs will be executed sequentially Apr 10 07:37:46 qaa anacron[144869]: Job `cron.daily' started Apr 10 07:37:46 qaa anacron[145040]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2026-04-10 Apr 10 07:37:47 qaa anacron[144869]: Job `cron.daily' terminated Apr 10 07:37:47 qaa anacron[144869]: Normal exit (1 job run) Apr 10 07:37:47 qaa systemd[1]: anacron.service: Deactivated successfully. Apr 10 07:37:47 qaa systemd[1]: anacron.service: Consumed 793ms CPU time over 5min 997ms wall clock time, 113.3M memory peak. Apr 11 07:31:00 qaa systemd[1]: Started anacron.service - Run anacron jobs. Apr 11 07:31:00 qaa anacron[602952]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2026-04-11 Apr 11 07:31:00 qaa anacron[602952]: Will run job `cron.daily' in 5 min. Apr 11 07:31:00 qaa anacron[602952]: Jobs will be executed sequentially Apr 11 07:36:00 qaa anacron[602952]: Job `cron.daily' started Apr 11 07:36:00 qaa anacron[603137]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2026-04-11 Apr 11 07:36:00 qaa anacron[602952]: Job `cron.daily' terminated Apr 11 07:36:00 qaa anacron[602952]: Normal exit (1 job run) Apr 11 07:36:00 qaa systemd[1]: anacron.service: Deactivated successfully. Apr 11 07:36:00 qaa systemd[1]: anacron.service: Consumed 531ms CPU time over 5min 544ms wall clock time, 83.1M memory peak. [When I upgraded anacron...] Apr 12 01:04:01 qaa systemd[1]: Starting anacron.service - Run anacron jobs... Apr 12 01:04:01 qaa systemd[1]: anacron.timer: Deactivated successfully. Apr 12 01:04:01 qaa systemd[1]: Stopped anacron.timer - Trigger anacron every hour. Apr 12 01:04:01 qaa systemd[1]: Stopping anacron.timer - Trigger anacron every hour... Apr 12 01:04:01 qaa systemd[1]: Started anacron.timer - Trigger anacron every hour. Apr 12 01:04:01 qaa anacron[667802]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2026-04-12 Apr 12 01:04:01 qaa anacron[667802]: Will run job `cron.daily' in 5 min. Apr 12 01:04:01 qaa anacron[667802]: Will run job `cron.weekly' in 10 min. Apr 12 01:04:01 qaa anacron[667802]: Jobs will be executed sequentially Apr 12 01:09:01 qaa anacron[667802]: Job `cron.daily' started Apr 12 01:09:01 qaa anacron[668761]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2026-04-12 Apr 12 01:09:02 qaa anacron[667802]: Job `cron.daily' terminated Apr 12 01:14:01 qaa anacron[667802]: Job `cron.weekly' started Apr 12 01:14:01 qaa anacron[669372]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.weekly' to 2026-04-12 Apr 12 01:14:01 qaa anacron[667802]: Job `cron.weekly' terminated Apr 12 01:14:01 qaa anacron[667802]: Normal exit (2 jobs run) Apr 12 01:14:01 qaa systemd[1]: anacron.service: Deactivated successfully. Apr 12 01:14:01 qaa systemd[1]: Finished anacron.service - Run anacron jobs. Apr 12 01:14:01 qaa systemd[1]: anacron.service: Consumed 746ms CPU time over 10min 34ms wall clock time, 151.9M memory peak. Apr 13 07:31:26 qaa systemd[1]: Starting anacron.service - Run anacron jobs... Apr 13 07:31:26 qaa anacron[841759]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2026-04-13 Apr 13 07:31:26 qaa anacron[841759]: Will run job `cron.daily' in 5 min. Apr 13 07:31:26 qaa anacron[841759]: Jobs will be executed sequentially Apr 13 07:36:26 qaa anacron[841759]: Job `cron.daily' started Apr 13 07:36:26 qaa anacron[841936]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2026-04-13 Apr 13 07:36:27 qaa anacron[841759]: Job `cron.daily' terminated Apr 13 07:36:27 qaa anacron[841759]: Normal exit (1 job run) Apr 13 07:36:27 qaa systemd[1]: anacron.service: Deactivated successfully. Apr 13 07:36:27 qaa systemd[1]: Finished anacron.service - Run anacron jobs. Apr 13 07:36:27 qaa systemd[1]: anacron.service: Consumed 742ms CPU time over 5min 785ms wall clock time, 164.6M memory peak. So, cron.daily & cron.weekly jobs are normally run at around 7:30 (every day for cron.daily, every week for cron.weekly). But on this machine, when I upgraded, it did not wait for 7:30. Or is this forced when the deadline is close enough, e.g. a few hours before cron.weekly jobs should be run? -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Pascaline project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
