[arch-general] Stuff in /etc/cron.d/ won't work?

[solsTiCe d'Hiver]

> the crond log tells me that cron actually runs this command every
minute without a problem
i think you mis-read your log. and it should tell you that cron is
looking for changes in /etc/cron.d every minute. 
may be, if you change you first * * * in your lol then may be it will
work.
assuming you're using the good cron. because fcron does not
support /etc/cron.d but there is other ways to achieve the same thing.

check crond man page or its documentation