Pascal Hakim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 04:43:32PM +0200, Olaf van der Spek wrote: >> On 7/25/05, Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Or even better, make sure d-i installs anacron for desktop systems. >> >> What's the disadvantage of anacron compared to cron (or: Why not >> always install it instead of cron)? >> > > Anacron isn't actually a daemon. It's run by cron once a day, and on > startup/apm-resume. > > The main 'disadvantage' of anacron, is that it's set up by default to > only run /etc/cron.{daily,weekly,monthly}. It won't take care of running > normal cron jobs that would have been scheduled to run otherwise, and > didn't run because the computer wasn't on. > > Cheers, > > Pasc (with his "I'm the anacron maintainer" hat on)
Will you report a bug or shall I? MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]