[Bug 1230285] [NEW] move default time for daily crontab to midnight

[Stas]

Public bug reported:

Hi,
now, default /etc/crontab is
# 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 )

Which is not  very good for some cases.  Logfiles are rotated by
logrotate in cron.daily, if it runs at 6:25, the sole idea of daily logs
rotation(have a log file with records for a single  day) becomes
affected.  I do not think that other daily scripts have dependency on
exact time when to run e.g.  it doesn't matter when you run updatedb
for mlocate or check for packages updates.  Best way is to use @daily
notation, that is much easier to read and makes more sense in general.
It is an enhancement, not a bug.

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

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Title:
  move default time for daily crontab to midnight

Status in “cron” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,
  now, default /etc/crontab is
  # 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 )

  Which is not  very good for some cases.  Logfiles are rotated by
  logrotate in cron.daily, if it runs at 6:25, the sole idea of daily
  logs rotation(have a log file with records for a single  day) becomes
  affected.  I do not think that other daily scripts have dependency on
  exact time when to run e.g.  it doesn't matter when you run updatedb
  for mlocate or check for packages updates.  Best way is to use @daily
  notation, that is much easier to read and makes more sense in general.
  It is an enhancement, not a bug.

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