diff --git a/sysutils/anacron/Makefile b/sysutils/anacron/Makefile
index 944f2f537689..795bcf61a49d 100644
--- a/sysutils/anacron/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/anacron/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,34 @@
 # Created by: Derik van Zuetphen <dz@426.ch>
 
 PORTNAME=	anacron
 PORTVERSION=	2.3
-PORTREVISION=	6
+PORTREVISION=	7
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 
 MAINTAINER=	dz@426.ch
 COMMENT=	Schedules periodic jobs on systems that are not permanently up
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		gmake
-USE_RC_SUBR=	anacron
+USE_RC_SUBR=	${PORTNAME}
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
+PLIST_SUB=	PORTNAME=${PORTNAME}
+SUB_LIST+=	PORTNAME=${PORTNAME} COMMENT="${COMMENT}"
 
 post-patch:
-.for f in Makefile anacron.8 anacrontab.5
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|\(/etc/anacrontab\)|${PREFIX}\1|' ${WRKSRC}/${f}
+.for f in Makefile ${PORTNAME}.8 ${PORTNAME}tab.5
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|\(/etc/${PORTNAME}tab\)|${PREFIX}\1|' ${WRKSRC}/${f}
 .endfor
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|^CFLAGS = .*||' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile
 
 do-install:
-	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/anacron ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin
-	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/anacron.8 ${STAGEDIR}${MAN8PREFIX}/man/man8
-	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/anacrontab.5 ${STAGEDIR}${MAN5PREFIX}/man/man5
-	${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/anacrontab.sample ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc
-	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/var/spool/anacron
+	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin
+	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}.8 ${STAGEDIR}${MAN8PREFIX}/man/man8
+	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}tab.5 ${STAGEDIR}${MAN5PREFIX}/man/man5
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/${PORTNAME}tab.sample ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc
+	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/var/spool/${PORTNAME}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/anacron/files/anacron.in b/sysutils/anacron/files/anacron.in
index b3698b7e5cac..9e32e4420335 100644
--- a/sysutils/anacron/files/anacron.in
+++ b/sysutils/anacron/files/anacron.in
@@ -1,21 +1,36 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# PROVIDE: anacron
+# PROVIDE: %%PORTNAME%%
 # REQUIRE: LOGIN
+# KEYWORD: resume
 
 #
-# Add the following line to /etc/rc.conf to enable anacron:
+# Execute one of the following commands as root to enable %%PORTNAME%%:
 #
-# anacron_enable="YES"
+#    service %%PORTNAME%% enable
+#    sysrc %%PORTNAME%%_enable=YES
 #
 
 . /etc/rc.subr
 
-name=anacron
-rcvar=anacron_enable
+name=%%PORTNAME%%
+command="%%PREFIX%%/sbin/%%PORTNAME%%"
+desc="%%COMMENT%%"
+extra_commands=resume
+rcvar=%%PORTNAME%%_enable
+required_vars=syslogd_enable
 
 load_rc_config $name
-: ${anacron_enable:=NO}
-command="%%PREFIX%%/sbin/anacron"
+: ${%%PORTNAME%%_enable:=NO}
 
-run_rc_command "$1"
+if [ $# -gt 0 -a $1 = "resume" ]; then
+   arg=start
+   if checkyesno $rcvar; then
+       info "starting ${name} after resume"
+   fi
+else
+   arg=$1
+fi
+debug "$name: \$1 = $1, arg = $arg"
+
+run_rc_command "$arg"
diff --git a/sysutils/anacron/files/patch-log.c b/sysutils/anacron/files/patch-log.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..320a83d8c606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/anacron/files/patch-log.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- log.c.orig	2000-06-22 22:55:13 UTC
++++ log.c
+@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <syslog.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <stdarg.h>
+ #include <errno.h>
+ #include <signal.h>
diff --git a/sysutils/anacron/files/patch-main.c b/sysutils/anacron/files/patch-main.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12dafcab98f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/anacron/files/patch-main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- main.c.orig	2000-06-22 22:58:07 UTC
++++ main.c
+@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
+ 
+ #include <time.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <signal.h>
+ #include <fcntl.h>
diff --git a/sysutils/anacron/files/patch-matchrx.c b/sysutils/anacron/files/patch-matchrx.c
index a8a5d456fbdd..ffba9b6baa56 100644
--- a/sysutils/anacron/files/patch-matchrx.c
+++ b/sysutils/anacron/files/patch-matchrx.c
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 --- matchrx.c.orig	2000-06-20 23:12:18 UTC
 +++ matchrx.c
-@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
+@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@
  
  
  #include <stdio.h>
 +#include <sys/types.h>
  #include <regex.h>
  #include <stdarg.h>
  #include <stdlib.h>
++#include <string.h>
+ #include "matchrx.h"
+ 
+ int
diff --git a/sysutils/anacron/files/patch-runjob.c b/sysutils/anacron/files/patch-runjob.c
index a984d32ce1bb..781ea1693057 100644
--- a/sysutils/anacron/files/patch-runjob.c
+++ b/sysutils/anacron/files/patch-runjob.c
@@ -1,34 +1,43 @@
 --- runjob.c.orig	2000-06-20 23:12:18 UTC
 +++ runjob.c
 @@ -39,26 +39,14 @@ static int
  temp_file()
  /* Open a temporary file and return its file descriptor */
  {
 -    const int max_retries = 50;
 -    char *name;
 -    int fd, i;
 +    int fd;
 +    char name[] = "/tmp/anacron.XXXXXX";
-+
-+    fd = mkstemp(name);
  
 -    i = 0;
 -    name = NULL;
 -    do
 -    {
 -	i++;
 -	free(name);
 -	name = tempnam(NULL, NULL);
 -	if (name == NULL) die("Can't find a unique temporary filename");
 -	fd = open(name, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_APPEND,
 -		  S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
 -	/* I'm not sure we actually need to be so persistent here */
 -    } while (fd == -1 && errno == EEXIST && i < max_retries);
 -    
++    fd = mkstemp(name);
++
      if (fd == -1) die_e("Can't open temporary file");
      if (unlink(name)) die_e("Can't unlink temporary file");
 -    free(name);
 +
      fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, 1);    /* set close-on-exec flag */
      return fd;
  }
+@@ -84,7 +72,7 @@ username()
+ }
+ 
+ static void
+-xputenv(const char *s)
++xputenv(char *s)
+ {
+     if (putenv(s)) die_e("Can't set the environment");
+ }
diff --git a/sysutils/anacron/files/pkg-message.in b/sysutils/anacron/files/pkg-message.in
index 77c5d61d0db1..64d2be3ba0d6 100644
--- a/sysutils/anacron/files/pkg-message.in
+++ b/sysutils/anacron/files/pkg-message.in
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 [
 { type: install
   message: <<EOM
 Configuration hints:
-- Edit %%PREFIX%%/etc/anacrontab
+- Edit %%PREFIX%%/etc/%%PORTNAME%%tab
 - Deactivate the 'periodic' commands in /etc/crontab
-- Add a call to anacron to /etc/crontab, like
-  0  0  *  *  *    root    %%PREFIX%%/sbin/anacron
-- Add anacron_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf
-- Read anacron(8) and anacrontab(5)
+- Add a call to %%PORTNAME%% to /etc/crontab, like
+  0  0  *  *  *    root    %%PREFIX%%/sbin/%%PORTNAME%%
+- Add %%PORTNAME%%_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf
+  or execute one of the following commands as root:
+    service %%PORTNAME%% enable
+    sysrc %%PORTNAME%%_enable=YES
+- Read %%PORTNAME%%(8) and %%PORTNAME%%tab(5)
+- To avoid overlapping periodic(8) jobs, you may want to serialize jobs:
+    sysrc %%PORTNAME%%_flags+=" -s"
 EOM
 }
 ]
diff --git a/sysutils/anacron/pkg-plist b/sysutils/anacron/pkg-plist
index 7b449b2790e2..4206a632fe24 100644
--- a/sysutils/anacron/pkg-plist
+++ b/sysutils/anacron/pkg-plist
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-sbin/anacron
-@sample etc/anacrontab.sample
-@unexec rmdir /var/spool/anacron 2>/dev/null || echo "If you are permanently removing this port, you should do a 'rm -rf /var/spool/anacron'."
-man/man8/anacron.8.gz
-man/man5/anacrontab.5.gz
+sbin/%%PORTNAME%%
+@sample etc/%%PORTNAME%%tab.sample
+@postexec mkdir -p /var/spool/%%PORTNAME%% 2>/dev/null
+@postunexec rmdir /var/spool/%%PORTNAME%% 2>/dev/null || echo "If you are permanently removing this port, you should do a 'rm -rf /var/spool/%%PORTNAME%%'."
+man/man8/%%PORTNAME%%.8.gz
+man/man5/%%PORTNAME%%tab.5.gz
+@dir /var/spool/%%PORTNAME%%