Bug#752376: systemd-cron: does not meet requirements for cron-daemon

[Alexandre Detiste]

Hi,

If systemd version is not bumped in Debian past 212 before Jessie release,
indeed systemd-cron should not provide "cron-daemon" neither "anacron".

> > We could maybe use this:
> > https://github.com/kstep/systemd-crontab-generator

I've been working lately with upstream of this _other_ vixie cron replacement
to make it a better fit for inclusion in Debian: for now this means
writing man pages and checking features parity.

It emulates vixie-cron much more closely than systemd-cron.

> "Less used" is not a good reason to ignore policy requirements.

This makes systemd-crontab-generator a better fit; it supports almosts all vixie-cron features, excluding:


*) sending emails: this is not required by Debian policy neither POSIX
the output is written to the journal

*) multi line commands using the "%" character
this is not explicitely required by Debian policy ,
but is well stated in POSIX
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xcu/crontab.html

I would parse all /etc/cron.d/* files of all Debian packages to see
if it is ever used.

> Umm, there is a Breaks: which is wrong (cf. #751589).
I don't fully grasp this one.