Anacron fails for permanently running systems
Bug #399863 reported by
Nikolaus Rath
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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anacron (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: anacron
Despite what it says in README.Debian, anacron is not run regularly by cron. This means that if the system is not regularly restarted, cron.{daily,
Either there should be a clear warning at the installation that anacron *requires* you to restart your machine periodically, or anacron should install a proper entry in /etc/crontab.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: anacron 2.3-13.1ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: anacron
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686
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Could you give more details here?
anacron should be run regularly by /etc/cron.d/anacron - so it certainly should *not* fail for permanently running systems