Scripts from the cronie package have permissions changed after installation, in the recipe files as if follows: chmod 600 ${D}${sysconfdir}/crontab chmod 600 ${D}${sysconfdir}/anacrontab chmod 600 ${D}${sysconfdir}/cron.hourly/0anacron chmod 600 ${D}${sysconfdir}/cron.d/0hourly This makes the scripts ignorable to run-parts as they can't be executed.
Check permissions of the above mentioned scripts in recipe file as well as on target