On the weekend an update to cron came out with this new script: /etc/cron.daily/000-delay.cron
What it appears to do is to introduce a random length of delay before cron/anacron run.
What is the point of introducing randomness into a finely tuned system?
When one sets up crontab/anacrontab to go off at precisely a certain time, one expects it to run at the time specified, and not at some random time in the next 68 minutes!
What purpose does this serve?
What it appears to do is to introduce a random length of delay before cron/anacron run.
What is the point of introducing randomness into a finely tuned system?
When one sets up crontab/anacrontab to go off at precisely a certain time, one expects it to run at the time specified, and not at some random time in the next 68 minutes!
What purpose does this serve?
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