[Letsencrypt-devel] Bug#853242: certbot: Renewal is set up in both cron and systemd - it should only exist in one

[James Clarke]

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 11:11:43AM -0800, Nye Liu wrote:
> Package: certbot
> Version: 0.10.2-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> It seems automated renwal is run via both /etc/cron.d/certbot AND
> /lib/systemd/system/certbot.timer
>
> There should be a debconf way to choose one or the other so they are both not
> used simultaneously.

/etc/cron.d/certbot checks if systemd is running before actually
executing certbot. This should mean only one is actually in use. Are you
having issues with this not working?

Regards,
James