Bug#522507: exim4-base: debin/control::Depends add anacron

[Marc Haber]

On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 04:04:09PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> On 2009-04-04 Jari Aalto <jari.aalto at cante.net> wrote:
> > Package: exim4-base
> > Version: 4.69-9
> > Severity: normal
> 
> 
> > The Depends line reads:
> 
> >    ..., cron | fcron,
> 
> > Please add also 'anacron' to the choices.
> [...]
> 
> I think that should be ok. The non-acceptance of the anacron
> alternative probably dates back to exim3 days, when exim was running
> from inetd and the queue-runners were started by a cronjob.

To my knowledge, anacron is not a cron drop-in replacement and needs
cron itself to run. See also, /usr/share/doc/anacron/README.Debian.

Greetings
Marc

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