Bug#1140492: systemd-cron: the Debian /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd-cron.conf is overwrite upstream's /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd-cron.conf
Alexandre Detiste
alexandre.detiste at gmail.com
Sun Jun 21 14:10:48 BST 2026
Package: systemd-cron
Version: 2.8.1-2
Severity: normal
Hi,
When I set-up a /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd-cron.conf
I did not realized that upstream already provided one
whit this contents:
```
f /dev/shm/systemd-cron.loadavg_dam 0644 root root
f /dev/shm/systemd-cron.throttle_group 0644 root root
```
Instead of patching/appending to the upstream one;
it could be better to include the one Debian line upstream.
```
z /usr/libexec/systemd-cron/crontab_setgid 2755 root crontab
```
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