The logic is already written with the intent of failing silently if anacron is already running; that's what the "|| :" bit is for. Anacron can be started from multiple places (various cron entries and pm-utils), so it has to address the possibility of collisions from two instances starting at roughly the same time. (I'm only getting the e-mail infrequently, so this is what is probably happening in my case.)
If you find the e-mail messages useful for diagnosing hung jobs, then you'll need to file a separate feature request. For one, anacron would need better logic to determine when collisions are a result of those rather than two instances starting in close succession. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/606491 Title: start: Job is already running: anacron To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/anacron/+bug/606491/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
