Bug#897138: O: anacron -- cron-like program that doesn't go by time
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
I intend to orphan the anacron package.
The package description is:
Anacron (like "anac(h)ronistic") is a periodic command scheduler. It
executes commands at intervals specified in days. Unlike cron, it
does not assume that the system is running continuously. It can
therefore be used to control the execution of daily, weekly, and
monthly jobs (or anything with a period of n days), on systems that
don't run 24 hours a day. When installed and configured properly,
Anacron will make sure that the commands are run at the specified
intervals as closely as machine uptime permits.
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This package is pre-configured to execute the daily jobs of the
Debian system. You should install this program if your system isn't
powered on 24 hours a day to make sure the maintenance jobs of other
Debian packages are executed each day.
The package is no longer maintained upstream, and it doesn't interact well
with systemd. It might need a complete rethink or replacement.
(The co-maintainer has never been active, but they are welcome to take
over the package like everyone else.)
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