Indeed, I checked debianutils file lists in Debian stable, testing and even unstable, and found run-parts in /bin/ there. In Ubuntu Jammy, however, debianutils are of version 5.5-1ubuntu2 , and in their changelog, we see :
debianutils (5.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium [ Tomas Pospisek ] * run-parts.8: document --debug flag introduced in commit 37596c61 * run-parts.8: mention that run-parts runs parts sequentially [ Clint Adams ] * run-parts: Apply patch from Christoph Biedl to add --debug flag. closes: #243676. * Add missing newline to regexp build error, thanks to Christoph Biedl. * Remove tempfile. * Deprecate which. * Move run-parts to /usr/bin and installkernel to /usr/sbin. -- Clint Adams <cl...@debian.org> Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:03:42 -0400 Same note we see in https://metadata.ftp- master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/debianutils/debianutils_5.7-0.3_changelog , but a note about reverting these changes is seen nowhere. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to debianutils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1993037 Title: hardcoded wrong path to run-parts in cron-*.service Status in debianutils package in Ubuntu: New Status in systemd-cron package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: package debianutils keeps run-parts executable in /usr/bin/ while package systemd-cron tries to find it in /bin/ $ which run-parts /usr/bin/run-parts $ dpkg -S `which run-parts` debianutils: /usr/bin/run-parts $ grep =/bin/run /lib/systemd/system/cron* /lib/systemd/system/cron-daily.service:ExecStart=/bin/run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily /lib/systemd/system/cron-hourly.service:ExecStart=/bin/run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly /lib/systemd/system/cron-monthly.service:ExecStart=/bin/run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly /lib/systemd/system/cron-weekly.service:ExecStart=/bin/run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly Because of that, cron-daily.serice gets info "failed" state soon after system reboot. Please resolve the problem to make systemd-cron more usable. Thanks in advance for your help. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debianutils/+bug/1993037/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp