[CentOS] Anacron IS installed it is just that....

You have to have a system running for more than 65 minutes for it to run the daily cron jobs.

And if this is a test system that you keep rebooting. Well.

So if I want /var/log/rpmpkgs to get updated, I have to wait until the next day an keep the system up for a bit more than 65 minutes. Actually a quite reasonable requirement.

Add this to my 'book': cron is your friend. Anacron is a better friend on a desktop linux system.

And I suspect that nightly suspends will NOT trigger anacron. Though probably some time after coming out of suspension for that day anacron might run again. I will have to check this out on Saturday night (I suspend this system every friday afternoon).