Trying delaying approach for inserting the crontab entry.

srnjak · Oct 25, 2023 · 4f95966 · 4f95966
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diff --git a/src/debian/destinations b/src/debian/destinations
@@ -8,4 +8,3 @@ doc/examples/*:usr/share/doc/purge-backups/examples
 debian/preinst:DEBIAN
 debian/postinst:DEBIAN
 debian/postrm:DEBIAN
-debian/rules:DEBIAN
diff --git a/src/debian/postinst b/src/debian/postinst
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ set -e
 case "$1" in
     configure)
         # Add the cronjob to the current user's crontab
-        (crontab -l ; echo "0 0 * * * /usr/share/purge-backups/purge-backups-scheduler") | crontab -
+
+        (crontab -l ; echo "0 0 * * * /usr/share/purge-backups/purge-backups-scheduler") | crontab - | at now + 1 minute
         ;;
     *)
         # Do nothing on other actions

diff --git a/src/debian/rules b/src/debian/rules