Adam Funk  writes:
> On 2020-02-24, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>> Adam Funk  writes:
>>> On 2020-02-20, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>>>> You stopped reading too early:
>>> ...
>>>> Start with ‘man systemd.timer’ for the syntax & meaning of the timer
>>>> file, and look for ‘Overriding vendor settings’ in ‘man
systemd.unit’
>>>> for how to modify its behavior.
>>>
>>> Thanks --- I think I'm getting closer, but not successful yet.  I
>>> found a symlink from
>>> /etc/systemd/system/timers.target.wants/anacron.timer to
>>> /lib/systemd/system/anacron.timer, deleted it, copied the linked file
>>                                      ^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> I have no idea why you would do that.
>
> Some stuff in the documentation led to believe that customized files
> should go straight in etc --- should I restore the symlink and edit
> the file in /lib/systemd/...?

The symlinks needs to still be there but point to the new file.

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