Public bug reported:
If anacron is installed its effects *cannot* be disabled.
You can run:
systemctl disable anacron anacron.timer
but that will not help. That stops anacron running, but it does *not*
prevent the run-parts entries in /etc/crontab from running, as they only
check for the presence of /usr/sbin/anacron, *not* whether anacron is
actually enabled.
The test should really be something like:
systemctl -q is-enabled anacron
(although that still prints an error message if anacron isn't installed
- despite the -q. Errors, even intended ones, seem to be unavoidable).
The result is that if you have a desktop system that is permanently on,
you need to remove anacron - but the next dist-update will put it back
in place.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: anacron 2.3-29
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-25.26-generic 5.8.14
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Tue Oct 27 00:21:48 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-03 (176 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
SourcePackage: anacron
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-10-26 (1 days ago)
** Affects: anacron (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug groovy
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The effects of anacron cannot be disabled
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