Public bug reported: Installing systemd-cron removes ubuntu-standard, which has a dependency to cron.
# apt show systemd-cron Package: systemd-cron Version: 1.5.12-1 [...] Provides: anacron, cron-daemon [...] Conflicts: anacron, cron-daemon Replaces: anacron, cron [...] # apt show ubuntu-standard Package: ubuntu-standard Version: 1.407 [...] Depends: busybox-static, cpio, cron, dmidecode, dnsutils, dosfstools, ed, file, ftp, hdparm, info, iptables, language-selector-common, libpam-systemd, logrotate, lshw, lsof, ltrace, man-db, mime-support, parted, pciutils, popularity-contest, psmisc, rsync, strace, time, usbutils, wget [...] Is there a reason to why cron is not in the Provides field? ** Affects: systemd-cron (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1744457 Title: Installing systemd-cron removes ubuntu-standard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd-cron/+bug/1744457/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs