The systemd unit file distributed with this package is incorrect.
The problem:
'Restart' is set to 'always', but no 'Type' is specified, meaning that systemd assumes the default of 'simple'. Since cron actually forks and returns an exit status of 0 to the parent process (in this case, systemd), systemd assumes that cron died and tries to restart it ad infinitium. As a result, systemd's built-in brake mechanism takes over, and it refuses to try to restart it again after several attempts, resulting in:
systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for crond.service
systemd[1]: Failed to start Vixie-cron Periodic Command Scheduler.
The solution:
The following unit file (usually /usr/lib/systemd/system/crond.service)
-----------------------
[Unit]
Description=Vixie-cron Periodic Command Scheduler
[Service]
Type=forking
PIDFile=/var/run/cron.pid
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cron
Restart=always
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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Package Details: vixie-cron 4.1-12
| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/vixie-cron.git (read-only) |
|---|---|
| Package Base: | vixie-cron |
| Description: | Paul Vixie's cron daemon, a fully featured crond implementation |
| Upstream URL: | ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/cron/ |
| Licenses: | |
| Provides: | |
| Submitter: | None |
| Maintainer: | fukawi2 |
| Last Packager: | fukawi2 |
| Votes: | 15 |
| Popularity: | 0.000000 |
| First Submitted: | 2008-07-29 00:51 |
| Last Updated: | 2015-06-08 23:56 |
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Latest Comments
fukawi2 commented on 2015-06-05 02:50
jasonlewiscook commented on 2015-06-04 16:07
fukawi2 commented on 2013-06-04 02:06
-12 moves /usr/sbin to /usr/bin and adds systemd unit file
fukawi2 commented on 2013-04-19 05:17
Adopted and updated to remove depreciated $startdir usage
TheRealSoup commented on 2010-11-24 10:20
The fcron package uses a conflicts to ensure that dcron is replaced
TheRealSoup commented on 2010-11-23 13:00
I'm not sure the provides line is correct or maybe it needs a conflicts line?
When installing I'm not prompted to remove dcron first and as such filesystem conflicts [rightfully] prevent installation.
Anonymous comment on 2010-09-26 14:11
Sorry, email failed so got no comments. Go ahead and own it.
mortzu commented on 2010-09-23 14:42
please orphan if you dont want to maintain anymore
mortzu commented on 2010-08-18 22:24
delete the -s from install -m 755 -o root -s ${startdir}/cronrunparts ${pkgdir}/usr/bin
mortzu commented on 2010-08-18 22:17
getting strip:/tmp/yaourt-tmp-helios/aur-vixie-cron/pkg/usr/bin/cronrunparts: File format not recognized on build. pls fix
Thanks for spotting that. I've updated it in -13