Re: Bookworm - cron?
On Sat, Aug 05, 2023 at 08:16:57PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Sat, Aug 05, 2023 at 12:53:08PM -0700, Steve Sobol wrote:
> > But cron isn't installed.
>
> Seems unlikely. There are system cron jobs that are not yet
> converted to systemd timers. A bookworm install I did just yesterday
> has cron jobs in /etc/cron.d/ that require the "cron" package.
As mentioned elsewhere in the thread, I've now checked this and the
default install that I did got these system cron jobs:
/etc/cron.d/e2scrub_all
/etc/cron.d/ntpsec
/etc/cron.daily/man-db
/etc/cron.daily/apt-compat
/etc/cron.daily/logrotate
/etc/cron.daily/dpkg
/etc/cron.weekly/man-db
…all of which have systemd timers which take precedence, so aren't
actually used.
So I take it back: it does seem possible to have a functioning
minimal Debian install without cron and without going to any great
effort to create your own systemd timers.
Though I am sure there's still plenty of packages with cron jobs and
not timers (yet).
Cheers,
Andy
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