Bug#964438: apt-listbugs: dns error when running from cron job

[Francesco Poli]

On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 23:43:53 +0200 Michael Biebl wrote:

> Am 26.07.20 um 23:20 schrieb Francesco Poli:
[...]
> > If this is confirmed, then maybe the bug is exactly that the Persistent
> > directive does not apply to sleeping time (only to down time).
> 
> I don't consider that a bug. Persistent is only documented as affecting
> a powered down system.

But there must be a way to set a timer that does *not* catch up with
missed runs, during both downtime and sleep time!

If there isn't, then I would call this a missing feature.
And I would say that this can be reported upstream as a feature request.

If, on the other hand, there indeed is a way, please tell me how I can
modify the timer.

Is there a way to cause the timer to automatically become inactive,
immediately before the system goes to sleep, and then to automatically
be re-activated, immediately after the system is woken up?
If I interpret the documentation correctly, this would prevent a
Persistent=false timer to catch up with missed runs during sleep time.
And it would cause a OnActiveSec=5min timer to trigger 5 min after the
wake-up (+ the randomized delay).
Is this possible?

Speaking about the randomized delay, shouldn't it be applied to
catch-ups too, when Persistent=true?
Or at least, you seem to have written so, when talking about
[anacron.timer]...

[anacron.timer]: <https://salsa.debian.org/debian/anacron/-/commit/fdf6f9ec46bda512c061616b18c9ed7031682331>

Could you please clarify? I may be misinterpreting what you wrote.

Thanks for your time and patience.


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