Your message dated Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:49:44 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1143636: fixed in cyrus-imapd 3.12.3-4
has caused the Debian Bug report #1143636,
regarding cyrus-common: ships /etc/cron.daily/cyrus-imapd but declares no
dependency on a cron implementation
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1143636: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1143636
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Package: cyrus-common
Version: 3.12.3-1~bpo13+1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
cyrus-common installs /etc/cron.daily/cyrus-imapd (via dh_installcron
--name=cyrus-imapd, from debian/cyrus-common.cyrus-imapd.cron.daily) but
debian/control declares no dependency on anything that provides cron.
On a system without a cron implementation the script is installed but never
executed, so the daily chk_cyrus consistency check silently does not run.
Suggested fix, in cyrus-common:
Recommends: cron | cron-daemon
Recommends, rather than Depends, seems right: the package remains functional
without cron, it just loses a periodic check.
Suggested fix:
This change is tested against 3.12.3-2:
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Depends: db-util
, libsasl2-modules
, netbase
Recommends: cyrus-imapd | cyrus-pop3d | cyrus-murder | cyrus-nntpd |
cyrus-admin | cyrus-caldav
+ , cron | cron-daemon
Suggests: apt-listchanges
, cyrus-admin
, cyrus-caldav
There is also a MR on Salsa:
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/cyrus-imapd/-/merge_requests/23
Kind regards,
Edmund Lodewijks
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.6
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.95+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages cyrus-common depends on:
pn db-util <none>
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.82
ii e2fsprogs 1.47.0-2
ii gawk 1:5.2.1-2
ii init-system-helpers 1.65.2
ii libc6 2.36-9+deb12u10
ii libcap2 1:2.66-4
pn libclamav12 <none>
ii libcom-err2 1.47.0-2
ii libgcc-s1 12.2.0-14
pn libical3t64 <none>
pn libicu76 <none>
ii libjansson4 2.14-2
ii libkrb5-3 1.20.1-2+deb12u2
pn libldap2 <none>
pn libpcre2-posix3 <none>
pn libpq5 <none>
ii libsasl2-2 2.1.28+dfsg-10
ii libsasl2-modules 2.1.28+dfsg-10
ii libsqlite3-0 3.40.1-2+deb12u1
pn libssl3t64 <none>
ii libstdc++6 12.2.0-14
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-32
ii libxapian30 1.4.22-1
ii libxml2 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1
pn libzephyr4 <none>
ii netbase 6.4
ii perl 5.36.0-7+deb12u1
ii postfix [mail-transport-agent] 3.7.11-0+deb12u1
ii systemd [systemd-sysusers] 252.36-1~deb12u1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.13.dfsg-1
Versions of packages cyrus-common recommends:
pn cyrus-imapd | cyrus-pop3d | cyrus-murder | cyrus-nntpd | cyrus-admi <none>
n | cyrus-caldav
Versions of packages cyrus-common suggests:
ii apt-listchanges 3.24
pn cyrus-admin <none>
pn cyrus-caldav <none>
pn cyrus-clients <none>
pn cyrus-doc <none>
pn cyrus-imapd <none>
pn cyrus-murder <none>
pn cyrus-nntpd <none>
pn cyrus-pop3d <none>
pn cyrus-replication <none>
pn sasl2-bin <none>
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/cyrus.conf changed [not included]
/etc/default/cyrus-imapd changed [not included]
/etc/imapd.conf changed [not included]
/etc/pam.d/sieve [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/pam.d/sieve'
-- debconf information excluded
-- debsums errors found:
debsums: package cyrus-common is not installed
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: cyrus-imapd
Source-Version: 3.12.3-4
Done: Xavier Guimard <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
cyrus-imapd, 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.
Xavier Guimard <[email protected]> (supplier of updated cyrus-imapd package)
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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:33:54 +0200
Source: cyrus-imapd
Architecture: source
Version: 3.12.3-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Cyrus Team <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Xavier Guimard <[email protected]>
Closes: 1143636 1145447
Changes:
cyrus-imapd (3.12.3-4) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ Edmund Lodewijks ]
* lintian:
- testsuite-depends-on-obsolete-package
- orig-tarball-missing-upstream-signature
- national-encoding
- no-manual-page cyrdeliver cyrmaster
* Drop unused autopkgtest dependency: texinfo
* Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4 (no changes needed)
* Recommend cron | cron-daemon in cyrus-common (Closes: #1143636)
* d/tests: run Cassandane from the source tree (Closes: #1145447)
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