My daily Anacron error

[Rick Stevens]

On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 08:36 +0800, Hadders wrote:
> Hi all,
>    I get this everyday, not sure why? Or where to look to try and fathom it.  Can someone point me in the right direction? 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> /etc/cron.daily/0anacron:
> 
> anacron: Cannot run - another anacron process is already running.: Resource deadlock avoided

First, make sure anacron isn't running at the moment.  Then check the
/var/run directory and /var/lock directory for files that contain
"anacron" in their names and delete them.
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