/etc/cron.d/anacron produces unnecessary output

Bug #768084 reported by latimerio
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: anacron

/etc/cron.d/anacron runs "start -q anacron || :"
If anacron is already running this creates the output: "start: Job is already running: anacron"
This is nagging and confusing.
A job which is already running should stay quiet about a restart request if not explicitly given an option to report information messages.
This applies especially to jobs run by cron as all output from cron gets mailed to the administrator.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: anacron 2.3-13.1ubuntu11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-29.58-generic 2.6.32.28+drm33.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-29-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 21 08:11:09 2011
ProcEnviron:
 LC_COLLATE=C
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: anacron

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