The default /etc/anacrontab only executes cron jobs, doesn't this make /etc/cron.d/anacron unnecessary?
Boot time execution of anacron (/etc/init.d/anacron) takes care of jobs missed while the PC was off and cron takes care of things while the PC is on. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/606491 Title: start: Job is already running: anacron Status in anacron package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: anacron Every day cron sends me this email: Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:30:01 +1200 From: Cron Daemon <root@hostname> To: root@hostname Subject: Cron <root@hostname> start -q anacron || : start: Job is already running: anacron I've tried to find out why it was running twice, but I could only find one copy of anacron in the cron directories... To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/anacron/+bug/606491/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
