This bug was fixed in the package cron - 3.0pl1-178ubuntu1
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cron (3.0pl1-178ubuntu1) noble; urgency=medium
* Merge with Debian unstable (LP: #2044015). Remaining changes:
- debian/control: Move MTA to Suggests field.
- debian/cron.default: change to a deprecated message to make it clear
that the file is no longer in use.
- d/p/f/inherit-path.patch: Add -P option to inherit PATH from environment,
thanks to Tom Jones for the patch
- Inherit PATH by default:
+ debian/crontab.main: Stop setting PATH
+ debian/cron.service, debian/cron.init: Pass -P to cron
* Drop changes:
- debian/tests/compare-with-old-cron-files: Compare against cron package
shipped in Ubuntu Jammy instead of that shipped in Debian Bullseye
[ Test removed in 3.0pl1-167 ]
cron (3.0pl1-178) unstable; urgency=medium
* checked that debian/crontab.main keeps /bin and /sbin in the PATH.
Closes: #1051138
* modified crontab.c, so `crontab -l` emits a COLOR_RESET escape sequence
to a tty unconditionaly at the end of the lines, to prevent prompt
corruption later. Closes: #1054327
cron (3.0pl1-177) unstable; urgency=medium
* Included Alexander Schwinn's PR: this is about checking steps in crontabs,
to prevent insane divisions, like dividing one hour in more than 60 steps
for example
* added a new test 'step_size_out_of_bound' to check the previous change
* modified the fake editor debian/tests/cronfiller.py so it can take in
account an environment variable LINES to append some lines to a
crontab file.
* made a longer sleep (now 4 seconds) in the test
'check-messages-sent-by-cron' to prevent random failures due to a
heavily loaded host
cron (3.0pl1-176) unstable; urgency=medium
* added the switch -n in the synopsis line of cron.8
* enable debug by default (it must still be triggered by -x when
calling cron); enabled the -N switch when DEBUGGING is enabled for
cron.
* documented the -x switch in cron.8
* declared myself as maintainer
* made a roud trip with `gbp pq import/export`, which modifies the
debian patches (adding some information, like for example a summary
for every modified file)
* modified the patch features/Coloring_the_ouput_of_crontab_l.patch
in order to touch the background color when the foregroud color is
changed, and keep an acceptable contrast. Closes: #1053288
* added SyslogFacility=cron in the file cron.service. Closes: #1051619
cron (3.0pl1-175) unstable; urgency=medium
* removed the line SHELL=/usr/bin/sh from an example in crontab.5; this,
Closes: #166533
* according to Message-ID: <87il8y5n5c.8@jidanni.org> sent to
915289-d...@bugs.debian.org, this bug should be closed now ??
Closes: #915289 anyway.
* uncommented EXTRA_OPTS="" in debian/cron.default; Closes: #1050702
cron (3.0pl1-174) unstable; urgency=medium
* modified the debian patch features/cron_now.patch. Removed the script
make_cron_now.py. Added a new switch (-N) to the cron command, which
makes it run the cron jobs once, like when a tick happens, an exit.
Documented the new features in cron.8, removed the command cron_now and
its manpage. Added an entry in debian/cron.NEWS. Simplified debian/rules.
Removed the dependency on libselinux1. Closes: #1050482
* modified the test suite to use `cron -N` instead of cron_now
cron (3.0pl1-173) unstable; urgency=medium
* fixed the code which colorizes the output of `crontab -l`
* added an autopkgtest for this feature
cron (3.0pl1-172) unstable; urgency=medium
* added a dependency on libselinux1, which makes cron package unfit
for hurd-i386
* adopted Dan Jacobson's suggestion for "2nd Saturday" and "morning
following the first Thursday". Closes: #854581; Closes: #820507
* fixed the patch fixes/crontab_5_manpage.patch, which deleted too much
lines from crontab.5
* adopted Stéphane Blondon's patch to colorize the output of `crontab -l`
Closes: #813614
cron (3.0pl1-171) unstable; urgency=medium
* applied one change proposed by Helge Kreutzmann (thanks!).
Closes: #964386
cron (3.0pl1-170) unstable; urgency=medium
* removed the reference to the missing file debian/make_cron_now.py
in debian/copyright, since this file is created by a debian patch now.
* added an entry to NEWS.Debian
* taken in account Vincent Lefevre's last reply about bug #1049964:
simplified _PATH_DEFPATH in pathnames.h and restored debian/crontab.main
to a reasonable content. Closes: #1049964
* renamed one debian test, and added there a some lines to prevent a
regression about #1049964.
cron (3.0pl1-169) unstable; urgency=medium
* modified the patch fixes/Usr-bin-sbin.patch in order to add the
older path /sbin, necessary for some commands.
Closes: #1049964
* checked that the sentence « The system administrator may create cron
jobs in /etc/cron.d/ with file names like
