[Bug 1254614] [NEW] /usr/sbin/anacron is a symlink to true

[Shalom Crown]

Public bug reported:

The original is present in /usr/sbin/anacron.distrib
Even when I change it , it changes back the next day during / after the anacron daily.

This is seen on 3 machines. They are all running Lubuntu live images,
from USB DOKs, with casper-rw as a separate partition (not file).

On properly installed machines (mainly Xubuntu) there is no problem.

transspot at lubuntu:~$ ll /usr/sbin/anac*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     9 Nov 19 12:54 /usr/sbin/anacron -> /bin/true*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30076 Dec 20  2012 /usr/sbin/anacron.distrib*

transspot at lubuntu:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release 
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=saucy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.10"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: anacron 2.3-19ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
Date: Mon Nov 25 09:29:30 2013
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131016.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: anacron
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: anacron (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 saucy

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Title:
  /usr/sbin/anacron is a symlink to true

Status in “anacron” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The original is present in /usr/sbin/anacron.distrib
  Even when I change it , it changes back the next day during / after the anacron daily.

  This is seen on 3 machines. They are all running Lubuntu live images,
  from USB DOKs, with casper-rw as a separate partition (not file).

  On properly installed machines (mainly Xubuntu) there is no problem.

  transspot at lubuntu:~$ ll /usr/sbin/anac*
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     9 Nov 19 12:54 /usr/sbin/anacron -> /bin/true*
  -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30076 Dec 20  2012 /usr/sbin/anacron.distrib*

  transspot at lubuntu:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release 
  DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
  DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.10
  DISTRIB_CODENAME=saucy
  DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.10"

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: anacron 2.3-19ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
  Date: Mon Nov 25 09:29:30 2013
  LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131016.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: anacron
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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