severity 323710 wishlist retitle 323710 Better cron - anacron interaction thanks
Hello,
Joel Barker wrote:
> When anacron is installed but disabled (ie, no symlink exists in /etc/rc?.d),
> then cron will fail to run the cronjobs in /etc/cron.{daily,weekly,monthly}.
> This is because the default /etc/crontab file has lines such as the
> following:
>
> 25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts
> --report /etc/cron.daily
>
> The above line checks whether anacron is executable; if so, it skips running
> the jobs in /etc/cron.daily, EVEN IF anacron is not running and not scheduled
I'm with Pascal here: there is no apparent use-case where you'd want to
have anacron installed, but disabled.
Also, /usr/share/doc/cron/README.anacron has always stated that when
both anacron and cron are installed, anacron is responsible for running
/etc/cron.d. This is therefore not a bug.
I'm leaving it open as a wishlist item, just in case a better solution
should develop over time.
Christian
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