[Which is what I was going to comment, but you beat me to it.]
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1278
http://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=108357562706575
Is the implication that you can have .dpkg files in cron folders that you wouldn't want to try to execute?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debianutils/+bug/3... http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=68561
(For example, the "cliqhop/idm" shoutcast stream is what I use when I need non-distracting music in the background, for working.)
[Which is what I was going to comment, but you beat me to it.]