Package: anacron Version: 2.0.1-2 When starting anacron, it hangs. When starting anacron under strace, it looks like it hangs on an wait(-1,...) after a fork.
-- System Information Debian Release: potato Kernel Version: Linux jill 2.2.1 #101 Fri Feb 5 16:17:12 EST 1999 ppc unknown Versions of the packages anacron depends on: ii libc6 2.0.100-2 The GNU C library version 2 (run-time files) ii sysklogd 1.3-31 Kernel and system logging daemons smail Not installed or no info sendmail Not installed or no info ii exim 2.11-2 Exim Mailer ^^^ (Provides virtual package mail-transport-agent) --- Begin /etc/init.d/anacron (modified conffile) #! /bin/sh # PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin test -f /usr/sbin/anacron || exit 0 case "$1" in start) # Run anacron only if it's later than 7:30am. if test `date +%H%M` -lt 730; then exit 0 fi echo -n "Starting anac(h)ronistic cron: anacron" anacron -s echo "." ;; restart|force-reload|stop) : ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/anacron start" exit 1 ;; esac exit 0 --- End /etc/init.d/anacron