Bug#1019554: Stamp files are not updated

2022-10-17 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello Lance, On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 06:35:37PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > On Fri, Oct 07, 2022 at 12:34:33PM +, Lance Lin wrote: > > Since you already have cron files, perhaps you could back them up, > > uninstall anacron, remove the files, and then > > re-install anacron (-35), and the

Bug#1019554: Stamp files are not updated

2022-10-16 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello Lance, On Fri, Oct 07, 2022 at 12:34:33PM +, Lance Lin wrote: > I believe I've found the issue! Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you > but I believe I have an answer. > > It seems to be related to an inadequate cleanup. I don't have a great > explanation but I found something

Bug#1019554: Stamp files are not updated

2022-10-09 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello Lin, thanks for your analysis and answer. On Fri, Oct 07, 2022 at 12:34:33PM +, Lance Lin wrote: > I believe I've found the issue! Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you > but I believe I have an answer. Great! Thanks for your research. > It seems to be related to an inadequate

Bug#1019554: Stamp files are not updated

2022-10-07 Thread Lance Lin
Hello Helge, > Do you have any idea what both anacron.service and anacron.timer are > disabled? > > So somehow anacron -34 disabled both the service and the timer. > > Anything you want me to look at? > > Next step would be how to properly enable them again… > > Thanks! > > Greetings > > Helge I

Bug#1019554: Stamp files are not updated

2022-10-01 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello Lance, On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 05:10:01PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 12:53:09PM +, Lance Lin wrote: > > Thank you for your help in tracking this down. I apologize that the -35 > > revision didn't fix it. > > > > > So the check in the cron file is wrong! It

Bug#1019554: Stamp files are not updated

2022-09-30 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello Lance, thanks for your analysis. On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 12:53:09PM +, Lance Lin wrote: > Thank you for your help in tracking this down. I apologize that the -35 > revision didn't fix it. > > > So the check in the cron file is wrong! It should be > > if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then

Bug#1019554: Stamp files are not updated

2022-09-30 Thread Lance Lin
Hello Helge, Thank you for your help in tracking this down. I apologize that the -35 revision didn't fix it. > So the check in the cron file is wrong! It should be > if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then … > > Is this the solution? Or is there a downside in changing this? And I > definitely did

Bug#1019554: Stamp files are not updated

2022-09-29 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello Lance, On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 09:15:13PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Sep 29 20:30:01 twentytwo CRON[11425]: (root) CMD ([ -x /etc/init.d/anacron ] > && if [ ! -d /run/systemd/system ]; then /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d anacron start > >/dev/null; fi) > > /etc/init.d/anacron exists, /run/sys

Bug#1019554: Stamp files are not updated

2022-09-29 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
reopen 1019554 found 1019554 2.3-35 thanks Hello Lance, On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 01:40:18PM +, Lance Lin wrote: > > As you can see, cron.daily is still on Sunday. > > > > > So something prevents anacron from starting. > > > > > Please tell me what helps tracing this down. > > I think Roy

Bug#1019554: Stamp files are not updated

2022-09-21 Thread Lance Lin
Hello Helge, > As you can see, cron.daily is still on Sunday. > > So something prevents anacron from starting. > > Please tell me what helps tracing this down. I think Roy Clark's email on this list found the problem. Someone had reported that there were dangling symlinks for the timer and

Bug#1019554: Stamp files are not updated

2022-09-20 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello Lance, On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 12:22:07PM +, Lance Lin wrote: > Thank you for your report. I'm happy to work on this. > > > So cron.weekly is now overdue and cron.daily did not get touched since > > the 5th, consistent with the update of the package. > > > > > Cron itself works, cron.h

Bug#1019554: Stamp files are not updated

2022-09-19 Thread Mike Gerow
On Mon, 19 Sep 2022 12:59:59 + Lance Lin wrote: > > Thank you for tracking this down. I did make the change in -33. > > Yes, I made the change to remove dangling symlinks on uninstall. I > > didn't realize this was called on upgrades, so I've moved the logic > > inside the "purge" case. > > I

Bug#1019554: Stamp files are not updated

2022-09-19 Thread Lance Lin
Mike, > I'm seeing the same issue, and I believe I've tracked it down to these > lines in the debian/anacron.postrm: > > # Close bug #993348, remove dangling symlinks if they exist > if [ -f /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/anacron.service ]; then > rm /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.t

Bug#1019554: Stamp files are not updated

2022-09-16 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello Lance, On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 12:22:07PM +, Lance Lin wrote: > Thank you for your report. I'm happy to work on this. I'll try to start anacron manually on Sunday. So if you want to investigate anything before I do so, please let me know. Greetings Helge -- Dr. Helge Kre

Bug#1019554: Stamp files are not updated

2022-09-14 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello Lance, On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 12:22:07PM +, Lance Lin wrote: > Thank you for your report. I'm happy to work on this. Thank you very much, this is highly appreciated. > > So cron.weekly is now overdue and cron.daily did not get touched since > > the 5th, consistent with the update of th

Bug#1019554: Stamp files are not updated

2022-09-12 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello, $ ls -tlr /var/spool/anacron/ insgesamt 12 -rw--- 1 root root 9 16. Aug 17:03 cron.monthly -rw--- 1 root root 9 3. Sep 09:31 cron.weekly -rw--- 1 root root 9 5. Sep 13:02 cron.daily So cron.weekly is now overdue and cron.daily did not get touched since the 5th, consistent with