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Re: Misc Developer News (#58)



On 21.11.22 00:18, Paul Wise wrote:
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anacron might be disabled if 2.3-33 was ever installed
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  If you run Debian testing/unstable and ever installed anacron 2.3-33 on
  a systemd based system, then anacron will no longer be enabled and the
  daily/weekly/monthly cron jobs will not be run until it is.

  Since not all cron jobs have migrated to systemd timers, Debian
  testing/unstable systems with systemd and anacron may be missing
  some essential cron jobs, such as making backups of aptitude state.

  To see if a system is affected you can use these commands:

     zgrep -i anacron.*2.3-33 /var/log/apt/history.log*
     systemctl status anacron.service anacron.timer

  To re-enable anacron you can use these commands:

     sudo systemctl enable anacron.service anacron.timer
     sudo systemctl start anacron.service anacron.timer

I'm having trouble assessing the severity of the situation. Is more or less everyone affected who uses unstable? If yes, how do we mitigate? Don't think the majority of users reads the announcement mails.


Cheers,

Bastian

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Dr. Bastian Venthur                                 https://venthur.de
Debian Developer                                 venthur at debian org



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