crond/anacron problem

[Wong Kwok-hon]

On 5/16/06, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
> Wong Kwok-hon wrote:
> > On 5/15/06, Jim Cornette <fc-cornette at insight.rr.com> wrote:
> >> Joel Gomberg wrote:
> >> > Wong Kwok-hon wrote:
> >> >> On 5/14/06, Jim Cornette <fc-cornette at insight.rr.com> wrote:
> >> >>> Wong Kwok-hon wrote:
> >>
> >> This message showed up again on a mail receipt. I still have the message
> >> afterall.
> >>
> >> > See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=191410
> >>
> >> After reading the bug report, I am a little confused as to whether the
> >> cron.daily version should be run to correct the time information or if
> >> anacron should be stopped from running as a service.
> >>
> >> Does the reported version not run because it is disallowed by the lock
> >> file? Why prevent the daily version from running?
> >>
> >>
> >> Should we stop the service or stop the daily run?
> >>
> >
> > Oh...yes... Which one is the best solution ? Stop anacron or stop the
> > daily run on cron ??
> >
> > Wong Kwok Hon
> >
> If your machine is running 24/7, you do not need to run Anacron. The
> reasion for Anacron is to run the cron jobs that didn't run because
> the machine was turned off when they should have been run.
>
> Unless they have changed the way Anacron works, you need to have
> Cron running in order for Anacron to function correctly. But you do
> not need Anacron running in order for Cron to work correctly.
>
> Mikkel
> --

Thanks and I fixed the problem on looking the bugzilla. I made the
modification  as follows:

>Comment #7 From Markku Kolkka  on 2006-05-15 11:13 EST [reply]

The problem can be fixed by changing the /etc/cron.daily/0anacron script:

#!/bin/sh
#
# anacron's cron script
#
# This script updates anacron time stamps. It is called through run-parts
# either by anacron itself or by cron.
#
# The script is called "0anacron" to assure that it will be executed
# _before_ all other scripts.

# Don't run anacron if this script is called by anacron.
if [ ! -e /var/run/anacron.pid ]
    then anacron -u cron.daily
fi

/etc/cron.weekly/0anacron and /etc/cron.monthly/0anacron scripts need a similar
change.