Package: systemd-cron Version: 1.5.3-1 Severity: grave I just installed systemd-cron to try it out and found that it only partly translated my crontabs. For instance my crontab says:
26 * * * * foo 14,44 * * * * bar However at 21:10 I got this: michael@feivel:~$ systemctl list-timers |grep michael Sa 2016-03-19 21:44:00 CET 32min left n/a n/a cron-michael-michael-1.timer cron-michael-michael-1.service Sa 2016-03-19 22:26:00 CET 1h 14min left n/a n/a cron-michael-michael-0.timer cron-michael-michael-0.service Obviously the very first execution of each job is missing. Also I found that changing a crontab to have something executed in a few minutes always gives me a timer in 24 hours. Since this could result in data loss, depending on what the job is supposed to do (backup!) I think grave is correct, but your mileage may vary. What do I miss? Michael -- Package-specific info: -- output of systemd-delta -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-rc7-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.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 init-system-helpers 1.29 ii python3 3.5.1-2 ii systemd-sysv 229-2 Versions of packages systemd-cron recommends: ii postfix [mail-transport-agent] 3.0.4-5 systemd-cron suggests no packages. -- no debconf information