Cron.daily scripts ran multiple times since cron package update

Since cron package update I get a weird behaviour with cron.daily scripts. Indeed these scripts are executed multiple times, which is somewhat annoying for big backup.
I added this little script in cron.daily to show this :
#!/bin/bash
# Test cron
date >> /var/log/date_cron
And I get this :
Mon Feb 22 11:27:53 CET 2010
Tue Feb 23 11:27:13 CET 2010
Tue Feb 23 11:37:16 CET 2010
Tue Feb 23 11:44:45 CET 2010
Wed Feb 24 12:05:08 CET 2010
Wed Feb 24 12:15:59 CET 2010
Wed Feb 24 12:22:59 CET 2010
Thu Feb 25 12:24:32 CET 2010
Thu Feb 25 12:31:49 CET 2010
Thu Feb 25 12:35:01 CET 2010
Thu Feb 25 12:45:30 CET 2010
Fri Feb 26 12:44:37 CET 2010
Fri Feb 26 12:52:56 CET 2010
Fri Feb 26 13:02:18 CET 2010
Sat Feb 27 13:04:10 CET 2010
Sat Feb 27 13:13:50 CET 2010
Sat Feb 27 13:22:06 CET 2010
Sat Feb 27 13:28:49 CET 2010
Sun Feb 28 13:29:49 CET 2010
Sun Feb 28 13:35:19 CET 2010
Sun Feb 28 13:44:18 CET 2010
Sun Feb 28 13:49:52 CET 2010
Mon Mar 1 13:38:06 CET 2010
Mon Mar 1 13:47:02 CET 2010
Mon Mar 1 13:55:55 CET 2010
Tue Mar 2 13:58:21 CET 2010
Tue Mar 2 14:01:56 CET 2010
Tue Mar 2 14:08:14 CET 2010
Wed Mar 3 14:06:35 CET 2010
Wed Mar 3 14:15:44 CET 2010
Wed Mar 3 14:24:24 CET 2010
Thu Mar 4 14:25:04 CET 2010
Thu Mar 4 14:33:16 CET 2010
Thu Mar 4 14:41:33 CET 2010
Fri Mar 5 14:43:35 CET 2010
Fri Mar 5 14:47:05 CET 2010
Fri Mar 5 14:53:14 CET 2010
Sat Mar 6 14:53:32 CET 2010
Sat Mar 6 14:58:50 CET 2010
Sat Mar 6 15:04:18 CET 2010
Sun Mar 7 14:58:30 CET 2010
Sun Mar 7 14:58:30 CET 2010
Sun Mar 7 15:09:07 CET 2010
Sun Mar 7 15:13:29 CET 2010
Mon Mar 8 15:12:19 CET 2010
Mon Mar 8 15:12:19 CET 2010
Mon Mar 8 15:20:50 CET 2010
Tue Mar 9 15:24:35 CET 2010
Tue Mar 9 15:24:35 CET 2010
Tue Mar 9 15:31:58 CET 2010
We can see that the script is executed three times a day instead of one.
Here is /var/spool/cron/root :
# root crontab
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE MANUALLY! USE crontab -e INSTEAD
# man 1 crontab for acceptable formats:
# <minute> <hour> <day> <month> <dow> <tags and command>
# <@freq> <tags and command>
# SYSTEM DAILY/WEEKLY/... FOLDERS
@hourly ID=sys-hourly /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
@daily ID=sys-daily /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.daily
@weekly ID=sys-weekly /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.weekly
@monthly ID=sys-monthly /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.monthly
How can I restore the wanted behaviour ?

Svenstaro wrote:This bug still appears. Is dcron still being worked on?
$ crontab -l
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE MANUALLY!! USE crontab -e INSTEAD.
# <minute> <hour> <day> <month> <dow> <command>
0 0 1 1 * /usr/bin/update_dcron
uh-oh

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