[mythtv-users] anacron time change after upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04

Thu Nov 8 16:42:30 UTC 2018

>> FYI, as of 9:45am there has been no running of my DB maintenance
>> scripts.  I'm guessing that I have to wait overnight to see when and if
>> they run.
>>
>> jim at mythbuntu:~$ sudo systemctl status anacron.timer
>> [sudo] password for jim:
>> ? anacron.timer - Trigger anacron at 07:30, as happened before the
>> Ubuntu 18.04
>>     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/anacron.timer; enabled; vendor
>> preset: en
>>    Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/anacron.timer.d
>>             ??override.conf
>>     Active: active (waiting) since Thu 2018-11-08 09:34:52 EST; 11min ago
>>    Trigger: Fri 2018-11-09 07:30:00 EST; 21h left
>>
>> Nov 08 09:34:52 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Trigger anacron at 07:30,
>> as happe
>> jim at mythbuntu:~$
>>
>> jim at mythbuntu:~$ sudo systemctl status anacron
>> ? anacron.service - Run anacron jobs
>>     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/anacron.service; enabled; vendor
>> preset:
>>     Active: inactive (dead) since Thu 2018-11-08 09:34:56 EST; 12min ago
>>       Docs: man:anacron
>>             man:anacrontab
>>    Process: 1471 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/anacron -dsq (code=exited,
>> status=0/SUCCESS)
>>   Main PID: 1471 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
>>
>> Nov 08 09:34:55 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
>> Nov 08 09:34:55 mythbuntu anacron[1471]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-08
>> Nov 08 09:34:56 mythbuntu anacron[1471]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
>> jim at mythbuntu:~$
>>
>> I rebooted around 9:30am.
>>
>> Jim A
>  From your previous post "systemctl status anacron.timer":
>
> Trigger: Thu 2018-11-08 07:30:00 EST; 39min left
>
> And from above:
>
> Trigger: Fri 2018-11-09 07:30:00 EST; 21h left
>
> So anacron.timer is working correctly - it is triggering at 07:30.
>
> The "systemctl status anacron" above shows anacron was run at
> 09:34:55, as a result of your rebooting.  It logged "(0 jobs run)" as
> it had already been run at 07:30, so it knew that it did not need to
> run any jobs again today.
>
> So that all looks correct.  Unfortunately your reboot at 09:30 meant
> that the "systemctl status anacron" only shows the run of anacron
> after the reboot, not the one at 07:30 that should have run the
> cron.daily jobs.  You can find out if anacron ran any jobs at 07:30 by
> looking at syslog:
>
> grep anacron /var/log/syslog
> grep anacron /var/log/syslog.1
>
> This is what I get from those commands:
>
> root at mypvr:/var/log# grep anacron syslog
> Nov  8 08:11:57 mypvr anacron[20588]: Job `cron.daily' terminated
> (mailing output)
> Nov  8 08:11:57 mypvr anacron[20588]: Normal exit (1 job run)
> root at mypvr:/var/log# grep anacron syslog.1
> Nov  7 08:12:27 mypvr anacron[11403]: Job `cron.daily' terminated
> (mailing output)
> Nov  7 08:12:27 mypvr anacron[11403]: Normal exit (1 job run)
> Nov  8 07:25:01 mypvr CRON[20133]: (root) CMD (test -x
> /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily ))
> Nov  8 07:30:01 mypvr CRON[20567]: (root) CMD ([ -x
> /etc/init.d/anacron ] && if [ ! -d /run/systemd/system ]; then
> /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d anacron start >/dev/null; fi)
> Nov  8 07:30:13 mypvr systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
> Nov  8 07:30:13 mypvr anacron[20588]: Anacron 2.3 started on
> 2018-11-08
> Nov  8 07:30:13 mypvr anacron[20588]: Will run job `cron.daily' in 5
> min.
> Nov  8 07:30:13 mypvr anacron[20588]: Jobs will be executed
> sequentially
> Nov  8 07:35:13 mypvr anacron[20588]: Job `cron.daily' started
> Nov  8 07:35:13 mypvr anacron[21047]: Updated timestamp for job
> `cron.daily' to 2018-11-08
>
> Note that syslog was rotated by a cron.daily job so the start of the
> cron.daily jobs is in syslog.1 and the end is in syslog.

The easy way I know if these commands run is I get an email in my main 
account that say they ran without errors.

Below are the syslogs.  Also I have no emails about the running of the 
commands except for the ones at 6:30am that was due to crontab and 
before I changed back to the systemd stuff.

FYI, ignore the missing '=' statement in the log.  I has a syntax issues 
at first. I reedited override.conf and did the whole sequence of 
commands again.

jim at mythbuntu:~$ grep anacron /var/log/syslog
Nov  8 00:09:19 mythbuntu anacron[5612]: Job `cron.daily' terminated
Nov  8 00:09:19 mythbuntu anacron[5612]: Normal exit (1 job run)
Nov  8 01:03:35 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  8 01:03:35 mythbuntu anacron[6007]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-08
Nov  8 01:03:35 mythbuntu anacron[6007]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  8 02:01:14 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  8 02:01:14 mythbuntu anacron[6227]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-08
Nov  8 02:01:14 mythbuntu anacron[6227]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  8 03:02:05 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  8 03:02:05 mythbuntu anacron[6498]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-08
Nov  8 03:02:05 mythbuntu anacron[6498]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  8 04:05:05 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  8 04:05:05 mythbuntu anacron[6702]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-08
Nov  8 04:05:05 mythbuntu anacron[6702]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  8 05:05:05 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  8 05:05:05 mythbuntu anacron[6900]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-08
Nov  8 05:05:05 mythbuntu anacron[6900]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  8 06:05:05 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  8 06:05:05 mythbuntu anacron[7099]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-08
Nov  8 06:05:05 mythbuntu anacron[7099]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  8 06:25:01 mythbuntu CRON[7276]: (root) CMD (test -x 
/usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily ))
Nov  8 06:38:59 mythbuntu systemd[1]: 
/etc/systemd/system/anacron.timer.d/override.conf:3: Missing '='.
Nov  8 06:42:57 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Stopped Trigger anacron at 07:30, 
as happened before the Ubuntu.
Nov  8 06:43:18 mythbuntu systemd[1]: 
/etc/systemd/system/anacron.timer.d/override.conf:3: Missing '='.
Nov  8 06:43:31 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Trigger anacron at 07:30, 
as happened before the Ubuntu.
Nov  8 06:43:43 mythbuntu systemd[1]: 
/etc/systemd/system/anacron.timer.d/override.conf:3: Missing '='.
Nov  8 06:49:16 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Stopped Trigger anacron at 07:30, 
as happened before the Ubuntu.
Nov  8 06:49:57 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Trigger anacron at 07:30, 
as happened before the Ubuntu 18.04 upgrade..
Nov  8 07:30:01 mythbuntu CRON[7977]: (root) CMD ([ -x 
/etc/init.d/anacron ] && if [ ! -d /run/systemd/system ]; then 
/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d anacron start >/dev/null; fi)
Nov  8 07:30:05 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  8 07:30:05 mythbuntu anacron[7978]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-08
Nov  8 07:30:05 mythbuntu anacron[7978]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  8 09:03:23 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Trigger anacron at 07:30, 
as happened before the Ubuntu 18.04 upgrade..
Nov  8 09:03:23 mythbuntu anacron[1313]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-08
Nov  8 09:03:24 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  8 09:03:24 mythbuntu anacron[1313]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  8 09:34:53 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Trigger anacron at 07:30, 
as happened before the Ubuntu 18.04 upgrade..
Nov  8 09:34:55 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  8 09:34:55 mythbuntu anacron[1471]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-08
Nov  8 09:34:56 mythbuntu anacron[1471]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
jim at mythbuntu:~$

jim at mythbuntu:~$ grep anacron /var/log/syslog.1
Nov  7 00:07:57 mythbuntu anacron[5697]: Job `cron.daily' terminated
Nov  7 00:07:57 mythbuntu anacron[5697]: Normal exit (1 job run)
Nov  7 01:01:28 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 01:01:28 mythbuntu anacron[6096]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 01:01:28 mythbuntu anacron[6096]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 02:05:27 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 02:05:27 mythbuntu anacron[6346]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 02:05:27 mythbuntu anacron[6346]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 03:03:28 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 03:03:28 mythbuntu anacron[6567]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 03:03:28 mythbuntu anacron[6567]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 04:05:27 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 04:05:27 mythbuntu anacron[7283]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 04:05:27 mythbuntu anacron[7283]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 05:03:28 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 05:03:28 mythbuntu anacron[7555]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 05:03:28 mythbuntu anacron[7555]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 06:05:27 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 06:05:27 mythbuntu anacron[7771]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 06:05:27 mythbuntu anacron[7771]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 06:25:01 mythbuntu CRON[7881]: (root) CMD (test -x 
/usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily ))
Nov  7 06:37:18 mythbuntu systemd[1]: 
/etc/systemd/system/anacron.timer.d/override.conf:3: Missing '='.
Nov  7 07:02:27 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 07:02:27 mythbuntu anacron[8314]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 07:02:27 mythbuntu anacron[8314]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 07:30:01 mythbuntu CRON[8597]: (root) CMD ([ -x 
/etc/init.d/anacron ] && if [ ! -d /run/systemd/system ]; then 
/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d anacron start >/dev/null; fi)
Nov  7 08:05:27 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 08:05:27 mythbuntu anacron[8973]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 08:05:27 mythbuntu anacron[8973]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 08:51:43 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Trigger anacron every hour.
Nov  7 08:51:43 mythbuntu anacron[1385]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 08:51:43 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 08:51:43 mythbuntu anacron[1385]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 09:04:23 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 09:04:23 mythbuntu anacron[3068]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 09:04:23 mythbuntu anacron[3068]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 10:00:23 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 10:00:23 mythbuntu anacron[3394]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 10:00:23 mythbuntu anacron[3394]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 11:04:23 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 11:04:23 mythbuntu anacron[3854]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 11:04:23 mythbuntu anacron[3854]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 12:03:43 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 12:03:43 mythbuntu anacron[4214]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 12:03:43 mythbuntu anacron[4214]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 13:01:17 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 13:01:17 mythbuntu anacron[4937]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 13:01:17 mythbuntu anacron[4937]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 13:13:15 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Stopped Trigger anacron every hour.
Nov  7 13:14:13 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Trigger anacron every hour.
Nov  7 13:14:14 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 13:14:14 mythbuntu anacron[1313]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 13:14:14 mythbuntu anacron[1313]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 14:04:05 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 14:04:05 mythbuntu anacron[3025]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 14:04:06 mythbuntu anacron[3025]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 15:04:05 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 15:04:06 mythbuntu anacron[3234]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 15:04:06 mythbuntu anacron[3234]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 16:05:05 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 16:05:05 mythbuntu anacron[3515]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 16:05:05 mythbuntu anacron[3515]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 17:05:05 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 17:05:05 mythbuntu anacron[3719]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 17:05:05 mythbuntu anacron[3719]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 18:01:14 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 18:01:14 mythbuntu anacron[3918]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 18:01:14 mythbuntu anacron[3918]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 19:01:05 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 19:01:05 mythbuntu anacron[4119]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 19:01:05 mythbuntu anacron[4119]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 20:03:05 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 20:03:05 mythbuntu anacron[4392]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 20:03:05 mythbuntu anacron[4392]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 21:03:05 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 21:03:05 mythbuntu anacron[4847]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 21:03:05 mythbuntu anacron[4847]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 22:02:14 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 22:02:14 mythbuntu anacron[5215]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 22:02:14 mythbuntu anacron[5215]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  7 23:04:05 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  7 23:04:05 mythbuntu anacron[5418]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-07
Nov  7 23:04:05 mythbuntu anacron[5418]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Nov  8 00:04:05 mythbuntu systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs.
Nov  8 00:04:05 mythbuntu anacron[5612]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2018-11-08
Nov  8 00:04:05 mythbuntu anacron[5612]: Will run job `cron.daily' in 5 min.
Nov  8 00:04:05 mythbuntu anacron[5612]: Jobs will be executed sequentially
Nov  8 00:09:05 mythbuntu anacron[5612]: Job `cron.daily' started
Nov  8 00:09:05 mythbuntu anacron[5671]: Updated timestamp for job 
`cron.daily' to 2018-11-08
jim at mythbuntu:~$

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