#1050699 fetchmail: cron.service complains about unclean termination

Package:
fetchmail
Source:
fetchmail
Description:
SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder
Submitter:
Francesco Potortì
Date:
2023-08-28 12:03:26 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1050699#5
Date:
2023-08-28 11:49:41 UTC
From:
To:
I read this in the syslog:

T12:41:36.17 systemd[1]: Stopping cron.service - Regular background program processing daemon...
T12:41:36.18 systemd[1]: cron.service: Deactivated successfully.
T12:41:36.18 systemd[1]: cron.service: Unit process 1084456 (fetchmail) remains running after unit stopped.
T12:41:36.18 systemd[1]: Stopped cron.service - Regular background program processing daemon.
T12:41:36.18 systemd[1]: cron.service: Consumed 5h 39min 6.551s CPU time.
T12:41:36.18 systemd[1]: cron.service: Found left-over process 1084456 (fetchmail) in control group while starting unit. Ignoring.
T12:41:36.18 systemd[1]: cron.service: This usually indicates unclean termination of a previous run, or service implementation deficiencies.

I have no system-wide fetchmail running, in fact my /etc/default/fetchmail includes

START_DAEMON=no

I do have a user fetchmail running, with PID 1084456: apparently this is what confuses cron.service

Please redirect this report to systemd if it pertains there

Thank you for your work, sincerely