Bug#1028142: dlocate: cannot find recent files - obsolete database?
On 2023-01-08 02:56 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2023-01-07 20:05:59 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> >> If not, you may have been bitten by bug #1019554 in
>> >> anacron which needs manual restore as mentioned in
>> >> https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html.
>> >
>> > 2022-07-14 20:57:59 upgrade anacron:amd64 2.3-32 2.3-33
>> > 2022-07-14 20:57:59 status half-configured anacron:amd64 2.3-32
>> > 2022-07-14 20:57:59 status unpacked anacron:amd64 2.3-32
>> > 2022-07-14 20:57:59 status half-installed anacron:amd64 2.3-32
>> > 2022-07-14 20:57:59 status unpacked anacron:amd64 2.3-33
>>
>> Note that the anacron bug only makes itself apparent after the upgrade
>> to a later version, since that would run the faulty postrm from 2.3-33.
>
> I track the diffs in etc, and it seems that 2.3-33 and later did
> nothing wrong.
This assumption is incorrect, see #1019554 and siblings.
> Dangling symlinks were removed after the upgrade
> to anacron 2.3-34, but these were *dangling* symlinks, so that
> this should have no effect. See the bug I reported:
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=993348
>
> Dangling symlinks are bad as they can break other tools
> (e.g. checkrestart, which was the reason I reported this bug).
I do not like dangling symlinks either, however systemd works fine with
them. Even if the unit is below /usr/lib/systemd/system and the symlink
in /etc points to a file below /lib/systemd/system, systemd still
activates the unit to accommodate system without a merged /usr.
>> What does "systemctl status anacron.service" print?
>
> ○ anacron.service - Run anacron jobs
> Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/anacron.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
> Active: inactive (dead)
> Docs: man:anacron
> man:anacrontab
>
> And anacron is no longer in the timers (systemctl list-timers).
That is your problem, you need to reenable and restart these units.
# systemctl enable anacron.service anacron.timer
# systemctl start anacron.service anacron.timer
See the d-d-a link I gave in my first reply,
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html.
Cheers,
Sven
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