[Bug 382315] Re: cron.daily doesn't execute scheduled scripts

[Bill Sumerlin]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 36816 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36816

test -x /usr/sbin/anacron  is returning a result code of 1  whether
anacron is installed or not.

I am running ubuntu 10.04 in an Amazon EC2 instance from an Ubuntu AMI.
anacron is NOT installed on this system, though test -x seems to think
it is.

So cron.daily is never run...

So I have 2 choices...  modify the system script wherever it is, or make
a new entry in crontab for the various scripts installed in cron.daily.

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Title:
  cron.daily doesn't execute scheduled scripts

Status in “anacron” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “anacron” package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  In my system (Hardy) the cron.daily scripts (etc/cron.daily/*) seems
  not to be daily executed.

  This is my /etc/crontab
  SHELL=/bin/sh
  PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

  # m h dom mon dow user command
  17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
  25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
  47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly )
  52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly )
  #

  This is my /etc/anacrontab

  SHELL=/bin/sh
  PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

  # These replace cron's entries
  1 5 cron.daily nice run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
  7 10 cron.weekly nice run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly
  @monthly 15 cron.monthly nice run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly

  In /var/log/syslog I correctly see
  Apr 30 08:37:22 ramses anacron[6700]: Job `cron.daily' started
  Apr 30 08:37:22 ramses anacron[7737]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2009-04-30

  but nothing seems having been executed.

  If I manually launch
  run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
  the scripts are correctly executed.

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