Bug#35714: anacron and cron both run cron.daily !

[Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>]

Joey Hess writes ("Re: Bug#35714: anacron and cron both run cron.daily !"):
> shaleh@clifford.livenet.net wrote:
> > The problem is that anacron does not have the right to disable crontab.  I have
> > mailed the cron maint about this and am awaiting a solution.
> > 
> > Simply commenting out the calls in crontab to daily,monthly,weekly fix the
> > problem.
> > 
> > If you can offer him and I a solution, we would be appreciative.
> 
> How about if he changes /etc/crontab to use something like:
> 
> 0 0     * * *   root    test -e /etc/cron.d/anacron || nice run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
> 21 0    * * 7   root    test -e /etc/cron.d/anacron || nice run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly
> 31 0    1 * *   root    test -e /etc/cron.d/anacron || nice run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly
> 
> This way if anacron is installed the lines automatically stop working.

Even if anacron is subsequently removed but not purged ...

Ian.