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Bash script for wrapping cron jobs to prevent excess email sending

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general
  • source: cronic (main)
  • version: 3-2.1
  • maintainer: Daniel Lange (DMD)
  • arch: all
  • std-ver: 4.1.4
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 3-2.1
  • oldstable: 3-2.1
  • stable: 3-2.1
  • testing: 3-2.1
  • unstable: 3-2.1
versioned links
  • 3-2.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • cronic (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
action needed
Does not build reproducibly during testing normal
A package building reproducibly enables third parties to verify that the source matches the distributed binaries. It has been identified that this source package produced different results, failed to build or had other issues in a test environment. Please read about how to improve the situation!
Created: 2026-08-21 Last update: 2026-09-01 19:00
1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2026-08-15 Last update: 2026-09-01 18:00
version in VCS is newer than in repository, is it time to upload? normal
vcswatch reports that this package seems to have a new changelog entry (version 3-3, distribution UNRELEASED) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:
commit 54718fd5cd92565d6bac5dcbd5d6b78358f081c7
Author: Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Apr 25 16:47:03 2026 +0200

    Suggest any cron implementation

commit 81179f51fe41234a5d3cc177f09fc624ee76c1a7
Merge: 716b121 7313fe8
Author: Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Nov 1 19:04:36 2022 +0000

    Merge branch 'lintian-fixes' into 'master'
    
    Fix some issues reported by lintian
    
    See merge request debian/cronic!1

commit 7313fe89984d570869db0fe701df90e5417b4a9c
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sun Oct 30 20:00:08 2022 +0000

    Update standards version to 4.1.5, no changes needed.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: out-of-date-standards-version
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/out-of-date-standards-version.html

commit 94f46cbc16ddd0a52cf5afc9bbadf9d42480d461
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sun Oct 30 20:00:01 2022 +0000

    Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: uses-debhelper-compat-file
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/uses-debhelper-compat-file.html

commit 5c5b4a0f9664f3b39adf73c075369015daa7a0cf
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sun Oct 30 20:00:01 2022 +0000

    Bump debhelper from old 10 to 13.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: package-uses-old-debhelper-compat-version
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/package-uses-old-debhelper-compat-version.html

commit bf93b99db26e85e9454c015c2cb79eb7fcb6e338
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sun Oct 30 20:00:00 2022 +0000

    Strip unusual field spacing from debian/control.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: debian-control-has-unusual-field-spacing
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/debian-control-has-unusual-field-spacing.html

commit 716b121f2c273d02bec292a74d3f605bae47c3f4
Merge: 88e19b9 5338d13
Author: Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Oct 30 19:11:51 2022 +0000

    Merge branch 'multiarch-fixes' into 'master'
    
    Apply hints suggested by the multi-arch hinter
    
    See merge request debian/cronic!2

commit 5338d1307ced952f9feedab6a1c5031c4b969f10
Author: Jenkins <jenkins@jenkins.debian.net>
Date:   Sat Jul 10 09:48:28 2021 +0000

    Apply multi-arch hints.
    + cronic: Add Multi-Arch: foreign.
    
    Changes-By: apply-multiarch-hints


https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/debian%2Fcronic API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.
Created: 2021-01-03 Last update: 2026-08-24 22:33
lintian reports 2 warnings normal
Lintian reports 2 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2021-01-27 Last update: 2025-08-28 08:00
Multiarch hinter reports 1 issue(s) low
There are issues with the multiarch metadata for this package.
  • cronic could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign
Created: 2016-09-14 Last update: 2026-09-01 14:30
Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist
The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.1.4).
Created: 2018-08-20 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01
news
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  • [2021-01-09] cronic 3-2.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2021-01-03] Accepted cronic 3-2.1 (source) into unstable (Holger Levsen)
  • [2018-05-16] cronic 3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2018-05-06] Accepted cronic 3-2 (source all) into unstable (Daniel Lange)
  • [2016-04-18] cronic 3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2016-04-11] Accepted cronic 3-1 (source) into unstable (Daniel Lange) (signed by: Graham Inggs)
  • [2016-03-29] cronic 2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2016-03-23] Accepted cronic 2-1 (source all) into unstable, unstable (Daniel Lange) (signed by: Graham Inggs)
bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 1
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 0
  • M&W: 1
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 1
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