On 2026-04-13 22:44:00 +0700, Lin Qigang wrote: > The install section was removed from the service file before and > added again since this caused issues.
Only because the maintainer did something wrong when he removed the Install section. At https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=913584#5, Michael Biebl said: Starting via multi-user.target should either be re-introduced or the symlink removed on upgrades. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ So, removing the symlink would have been the other possibility. Running anacron on upgrades is not a big problem, but it makes the start time of the daily jobs less regular without any good reason when an upgrade is done between midnight and 07:30. For instance, if an upgrade is done on day 3 at 00:10, Day 1: 07:30 (with a delay of up to 5 minutes) Day 2: 07:30 (with a delay of up to 5 minutes) Day 3: 00:10 Day 4: 07:30 (with a delay of up to 5 minutes) So I would say that it would be better to avoid that. > If there is an actual issue with the install section, I will debug > this via a new issue since this one will close with the next release > of anacron 2.3-50. I confirm that upgrading to anacron 2.3-49 between midnight and 07:30 did not hang: Apr 14 02:24:16 qaa systemd[1]: Started anacron.service - Run anacron jobs. Apr 14 02:24:16 qaa systemd[1]: anacron.timer: Deactivated successfully. Apr 14 02:24:16 qaa systemd[1]: Stopped anacron.timer - Trigger anacron every hour. Apr 14 02:24:16 qaa systemd[1]: Stopping anacron.timer - Trigger anacron every hour... Apr 14 02:24:16 qaa systemd[1]: Started anacron.timer - Trigger anacron every hour. Apr 14 02:24:16 qaa anacron[983995]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2026-04-14 Apr 14 02:24:16 qaa anacron[983995]: Will run job `cron.daily' in 5 min. Apr 14 02:24:16 qaa anacron[983995]: Jobs will be executed sequentially [...] Apr 14 02:29:16 qaa anacron[983995]: Job `cron.daily' started Apr 14 02:29:16 qaa anacron[984832]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2026-04-14 Apr 14 02:29:17 qaa anacron[983995]: Job `cron.daily' terminated Apr 14 02:29:17 qaa anacron[983995]: Normal exit (1 job run) Apr 14 02:29:17 qaa systemd[1]: anacron.service: Deactivated successfully. Apr 14 02:29:17 qaa systemd[1]: anacron.service: Consumed 719ms CPU time over 5min 747ms wall clock time, 149.9M memory peak. and in /var/log/dpkg.log: 2026-04-14 02:24:15 configure anacron:amd64 2.3-49 <none> 2026-04-14 02:24:15 status unpacked anacron:amd64 2.3-49 2026-04-14 02:24:16 status half-configured anacron:amd64 2.3-49 2026-04-14 02:24:16 status installed anacron:amd64 2.3-49 -- 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)
