Hi When you run cron-apt from a terminal RUNSLEEP is not used. This is why it works when running manually.
Please try running the following in a command sleep 456 or any large number for sleep. Do you have some special kernel? The kernel should not give that problem. cron-apt do not do anything magic. It just executes sleep It could also be that it is not the sleep command itself. It could be the random number generation done a few lines earlier in that script. // Ola On Wed, 18 Jan 2023 at 15:12, Richard Rosner <rros...@fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de> wrote: > Package: cron-apt > Version: 0.13.0.1 > Severity: important > X-Debbugs-Cc: sub...@bugs.debian.org > > Dear Maintainer, > when running cron-apt as shipped it works normal, running at 4 am and > sending an email when anything can be updated. But when adding the > recommended RUNSLEEP variable to the config, the only thing that happens is > throwing a kernel error at 4 am: > > 2022-12-19T04:00:01.425628+01:00 ts CRON[75874]: (root) CMD (test -x > /usr/sbin/cron-apt && /usr/sbin/cron-apt) > 2022-12-19T04:00:01.468596+01:00 ts kernel: [276052.628108] traps: > cksum[75885] trap invalid opcode ip:562d9fe03cf5 sp:7ffd9b53fe20 error:0 in > cksum[562d9fded000+17000] > 2022-12-19T04:00:02.525060+01:00 ts sSMTP[75887]: Sent mail for > r...@ts.domain.de (221 mailserver.de) uid=0 username=root outbytes=691 > > Even though it says a mail is sent, it's not received. Since cron-apt > clearly doesn't run at all, that might be the reason. Running cron-apt > manually with RUNSLEEP set with "cron-apt -s" works without problems. > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: bookworm/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 6.0.0-6-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), > LANGUAGE=en_US:en > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > > Versions of packages cron-apt depends on: > ii apt 2.5.4 > > Versions of packages cron-apt recommends: > ii cron [cron-daemon] 3.0pl1-156 > ii liblockfile1 1.17-1+b1 > ii ssmtp [mail-transport-agent] 2.64-11 > > cron-apt suggests no packages. > > -- Configuration Files: > /etc/cron-apt/config changed: > APTCOMMAND=/usr/bin/apt-get > MAILTO="administra...@fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de" > MAILON=upgrade > SYSLOGON=always > #RUNSLEEP=3600 > > -- no debconf information > -- --- Inguza Technology AB --- MSc in Information Technology ---- | o...@inguza.com o...@debian.org | | http://inguza.com/ Mobile: +46 (0)70-332 1551 | ---------------------------------------------------------------
