Install this version:
emerge -a =sys-process/anacron-2.3-r6
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =sys-process/anacron-2.3-r6
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =sys-process/anacron-2.3-r6
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit toolchain-funcs flag-o-matic
DESCRIPTION="A periodic command scheduler"
HOMEPAGE="https://anacron.sourceforge.net/"
SRC_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
LICENSE="GPL-2+"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~ppc ~riscv ~x86"
DEPEND="
acct-group/cron
sys-process/cronbase
elibc_musl? ( sys-libs/obstack-standalone )
"
RDEPEND="
${DEPEND}
virtual/mta
"
BDEPEND="acct-group/cron"
PATCHES=(
"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-compile-fix-from-debian.patch
"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-headers.patch
"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-sighandlers.patch
"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-makefile.patch
)
src_prepare() {
default
sed -i \
-e '/^CFLAGS/{s:=:+=:;s:-O2::}' \
Makefile || die
}
src_configure() {
#715952
use elibc_musl && append-libs -lobstack
tc-export CC
}
src_install() {
# This does not work if the directory already exists.
diropts -m0750 -o root -g cron
keepdir /var/spool/${PN}
doman ${PN}tab.5 ${PN}.8
newinitd "${FILESDIR}/${PN}.rc6" "${PN}"
dodoc ChangeLog README TODO
dosbin "${PN}"
insinto /etc
doins "${FILESDIR}/${PN}tab"
}
pkg_postinst() {
if [[ -z ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ]] ; then
elog "Schedule the command \"anacron -s\" as a daily cron-job (preferably"
elog "at some early morning hour). This will make sure that jobs are run"
elog "when the systems is left running for a night."
echo
elog "Update /etc/anacrontab to include what you want anacron to run."
echo
elog "You may wish to read the Gentoo Linux Cron Guide, which can be"
elog "found online at:"
elog " https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Cron"
fi
}
acct-group/cron sys-process/cronbase elibc_musl? ( sys-libs/obstack-standalone )
acct-group/cron sys-process/cronbase elibc_musl? ( sys-libs/obstack-standalone ) virtual/mta
acct-group/cron