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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: [ *** ] Job anacron.service/stop running (15min 49s / no limit)
From:       David Wright <deblis () lionunicorn ! co ! uk>
Date:       2024-02-12 4:20:16
Message-ID: ZcmcgHoUTwVg+cac () axis ! corp
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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.

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