Your message dated Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:24:05 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1122750: fixed in cron 3.0pl1-205
has caused the Debian Bug report #1122750,
regarding cron: date in cron(8), crontab(1) and crontab(5) man pages is
incorrect
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Package: cron
Version: 3.0pl1-201
Severity: minor
The date at the bottom of the crontab(5) man page is incorrect.
This man page has
crontab 12/11/2025 CRONTAB(5)
thus meaning 12 November 2025. But it was modified yesterday.
The crontab(1) and cron(8) man pages show the same date, though
they do not appear to have been modified since October.
-- Package-specific info:
--- EDITOR:
not set
--- /usr/bin/editor:
/usr/bin/nano
--- /usr/bin/crontab:
-rwxr-sr-x 1 root crontab 52008 2025-12-11 15:25:16 /usr/bin/crontab
--- /var/spool/cron:
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2023-12-25 03:13:01 /var/spool/cron
--- /var/spool/cron/crontabs:
drwx-wx--T 2 root crontab 4096 2025-12-10 14:06:31 /var/spool/cron/crontabs
--- /etc/cron.d:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2025-12-12 14:01:34 /etc/cron.d
--- /etc/cron.daily:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2025-12-12 14:01:34 /etc/cron.daily
--- /etc/cron.hourly:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2025-12-12 14:01:34 /etc/cron.hourly
--- /etc/cron.monthly:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2025-12-12 14:01:34 /etc/cron.monthly
--- /etc/cron.weekly:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2025-12-12 14:01:34 /etc/cron.weekly
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500,
'stable-security'), (500, 'stable-debug'), (500, 'proposed-updates-debug'),
(500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.17.10+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages cron depends on:
ii cron-daemon-common 3.0pl1-201
ii init-system-helpers 1.69
ii libc6 2.42-5
ii libpam-runtime 1.7.0-5
ii libpam0g 1.7.0-5
ii libselinux1 3.9-4
ii sensible-utils 0.0.26
Versions of packages cron recommends:
ii postfix [mail-transport-agent] 3.10.6-1
Versions of packages cron suggests:
ii anacron 2.3-45
pn bat <none>
pn checksecurity <none>
ii logrotate 3.22.0-1
ii supercat 0.5.7-2+b1
Versions of packages cron is related to:
pn libnss-ldap <none>
pn libnss-ldapd <none>
pn libpam-ldap <none>
pn libpam-mount <none>
pn nis <none>
pn nscd <none>
-- no debconf information
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Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/>
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Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Pascaline project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: cron
Source-Version: 3.0pl1-205
Done: Georges Khaznadar <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
cron, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Georges Khaznadar <[email protected]> (supplier of updated cron package)
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:54:30 +0100
Source: cron
Architecture: source
Version: 3.0pl1-205
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Georges Khaznadar <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Georges Khaznadar <[email protected]>
Closes: 1122750
Changes:
cron (3.0pl1-205) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Use the command `date` and SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to inject the date with
a universal format into manpages, thanks to Vincent Lefevre's hint.
Closes: #1122750
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