Package: dpkg Version: 1.20.7.1 Severity: wishlist Hi there,
With systemd being the default in Debian systems, it's possible nowadays to uninstall cron, without losing much in terms of functionality. Many packages nowadays ship both a cronjob and a systemd timer unit including packages in the standard install (e.g. apt, e2fsprogs, man-db). dpkg is not one of them, as far as I can tell :) It's also relatively easy for users to miss that -- uninstall or not install cron, and find themselves without a backup weeks or months later, when they really are in need of them. The common convention is for cronjobs to check for the existence of /run/systemd/system and then exit when a timer + unit is also shipped. So adding said support would not be terribly hard unless I'm missing something. However, the /etc/cron.daily/dpkg script has effectively the dpkg backup implementation, code that would be need to be moved in a common location. Where in the filesystem that should land and under which name is likely better decided by the maintainer rather than a drive-by contributor like myself :) Best, Faidon
