On Sun 11 Feb 2024 at 20:41:51 (+0000), Darac Marjal wrote: > On 11/02/2024 11:21, Rainer Dorsch wrote:
> > - How do I set a timeout/limit for anacron, that it cannot block forever > > during a reboot? > > It may be germane to point out that anacron.service already explicitly > sets "TimeoutStopSec=Infinity". So, in the opinion of the developers, > the service shouldn't be prematurely killed. Of course you, as the > system administrator, always have the right to countermand that sort > of decision, but it would be curious to find out why the developers > thought they needed to override the systemd default in the first > place? Bug #915379 explains all: long-running cron jobs, like backups, can get killed, and there was also an issue with exim. There's mention there of an anacron replacement called cronie, but I don't know what the status of this is, besides being in trixie. Cheers, David.
