[Bug 1301588] [NEW] Allow job serialisation to be customisable

[Omega Weapon]

Public bug reported:

Currently the upstart service definition launches anacron with '-s',
which serialises its jobs - this defeats part of the purpose of running
it for me (cron.daily/weekly/monthly will serialise jobs just fine
courtesy of run-parts) - I have submitted a similar bug to Debian where
its easy to update the '/etc/default/anacron' to fix the behaviour and
get parallel jobs (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=743448).

I'm not familiar with upstart, so I've simply edited
'/etc/init/anacron.conf' in place on my server - please can anacron's
job serialisation be made configurable?

Thanks

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anacron Version: 2.3-19ubuntu2
Ubuntu details:
Description:    Ubuntu 13.10
Release:        13.10

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

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Title:
  Allow job serialisation to be customisable

Status in “anacron” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Currently the upstart service definition launches anacron with '-s',
  which serialises its jobs - this defeats part of the purpose of
  running it for me (cron.daily/weekly/monthly will serialise jobs just
  fine courtesy of run-parts) - I have submitted a similar bug to Debian
  where its easy to update the '/etc/default/anacron' to fix the
  behaviour and get parallel jobs (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
  bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=743448).

  I'm not familiar with upstart, so I've simply edited
  '/etc/init/anacron.conf' in place on my server - please can anacron's
  job serialisation be made configurable?

  Thanks

  =============

  anacron Version: 2.3-19ubuntu2
  Ubuntu details:
  Description:    Ubuntu 13.10
  Release:        13.10

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