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Subject: Re: [ *** ] Job anacron.service/stop running (15min 49s / no limit)
From: Rainer Dorsch <ml () bokomoko ! de>
Date: 2024-02-12 20:16:02
Message-ID: 2606634.4E0f9EBKcC () h370
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Hi David and Max,
many thanks for the precise and very helpful answers. I will check the anacron
status before the next reboot.
Thanks again
Rainer
Am Montag, 12. Februar 2024, 05:20:16 CET schrieb David Wright:
> 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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Rainer Dorsch
http://bokomoko.de/
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