Cronie conditionally installs several files for handling the running of /etc/cron.{daily,hourly,weekly,monthly} jobs. Here they are: +anacron -anacron (USE flag) /etc/cron.d/0hourly X X /etc/cron.d/dailyjobs X /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron X /etc/anacrontab X The main file is /etc/anacrontab which handles the running of daily,weekly,monthly. I does not handle the running of hourly jobs because anacron doesn't have that functionality. Instead the /etc/cron.d/0hourly file is installed just to run /etc/cron.hourly jobs. /etc/cron.d/0hourly is installed unconditionally even if USE=-anacron. This surprised me since I assumed cronie wouldn't run any /etc/cron.{daily,hourly,weekly,monthly} jobs without the anacron useflag. Could the 0hourly file be installed conditionally on the anacron flag? The file /etc/cron.d/dailyjobs looks like this: ... 02 4 * * * root [ ! -f /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron ] && run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 root [ ! -f /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron ] && run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * root [ ! -f /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron ] && run-parts /etc/cron.monthly The jobs listed there are already handled by /etc/anacrontab and they only run if the file /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron exist. /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron is only installed when USE=+anacron but /etc/cron.d/dailyjobs is only installed when USE=-anacron. This seems meaningless. I propose stop installing any of the /etc/cron.d/* files with USE=-anacron. If you do so you can probably make the sys-apps/debianutils dependency depend on +anacron as well since it's only used to provide "run-parts" for the /etc/cron.d/0hourly file.
(In reply to Thomas Lindroth from comment #0) > > /etc/cron.d/0hourly is installed unconditionally even if USE=-anacron. This > surprised me since I assumed cronie wouldn't run any > /etc/cron.{daily,hourly,weekly,monthly} jobs without the anacron useflag. > Could the 0hourly file be installed conditionally on the anacron flag? True. I have moved installation of /etc/cron.d/0hourly to the USE="anacron" block. > The file /etc/cron.d/dailyjobs looks like this: > ... > 02 4 * * * root [ ! -f /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron ] && run-parts > /etc/cron.daily > 22 4 * * 0 root [ ! -f /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron ] && run-parts > /etc/cron.weekly > 42 4 1 * * root [ ! -f /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron ] && run-parts > /etc/cron.monthly > > The jobs listed there are already handled by /etc/anacrontab and they only > run if the file /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron exist. Wrong, it gets executed, when /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron does _not_ exist. > /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron > is only installed when USE=+anacron but /etc/cron.d/dailyjobs is only > installed when USE=-anacron. This seems meaningless. Yes, so the file can get installed unconditionally. > I propose stop installing any of the /etc/cron.d/* files with USE=-anacron. > If you do so you can probably make the sys-apps/debianutils dependency > depend on +anacron as well since it's only used to provide "run-parts" for > the /etc/cron.d/0hourly file. Not going to happen because /etc/cron.d/dailyjobs is meant to be run when anacron is not available.
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=e064a543ab94d8c2378fe1368292e78f6f6af0f2 commit e064a543ab94d8c2378fe1368292e78f6f6af0f2 Author: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2022-03-22 18:11:51 +0000 Commit: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2022-03-22 18:13:45 +0000 sys-process/cronie: Bump to version 1.6.0 Do some more anacron adjustments. Hopefully all is set now for anacron. Use /run instead of /var/run for pidfile. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/825026 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/685306 Signed-off-by: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> sys-process/cronie/Manifest | 1 + sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.6.0.ebuild | 116 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ sys-process/cronie/files/cronie-1.3-initd | 2 +- 3 files changed, 118 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=148d949d279f94cfade0bd994b1312aa584e92be commit 148d949d279f94cfade0bd994b1312aa584e92be Author: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2022-09-24 21:18:39 +0000 Commit: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2022-09-24 21:18:39 +0000 sys-process/cronie: install /etc/cron.d/0hourly unconditionally Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/872656 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/825026 Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.6.1-r2.ebuild | 116 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 116 insertions(+)
