Hi Leo, Leo Prikler <leo.prik...@student.tugraz.at> writes:
> Hi Maxim, > > I still have a defunct mcron flying around with a fairly standard Guix > configuration. The only service running through mcron seems to be > rottlog-service-type. If you have the energy/bandwidth, would you mind trying this patch here: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-mcron/2021-08/msg00008.html; it may have positive side-effects in that regard, I believe. I've modified the mcron package to use a local checkout in my system config like so: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- @@ -2,7 +2,14 @@ ;;; RAID-1c3 storage bay. (use-modules (gnu) (guix modules) - (srfi srfi-1)) + (srfi srfi-1) + ;; for mcron experiment + (gnu packages autotools) + (gnu packages guile-xyz) + (gnu packages man) + (gnu packages texinfo) + (guix git) + (guix packages)) (use-service-modules admin desktop docker linux mail mcron networking nfs nix spice ssh sysctl telephony virtualization vpn xorg) @@ -196,6 +203,15 @@ (pam-limits-entry "@realtime" 'both 'memlock 'unlimited))) (service mcron-service-type (mcron-configuration + (mcron (package/inherit mcron + (source (git-checkout + (url "file:///home/maxim/src/mcron"))) + (native-inputs (append + `(("autoconf" ,autoconf) + ("automake" ,automake) + ("help2man" ,help2man) + ("texinfo" ,texinfo)) + (package-native-inputs mcron))))) (jobs (list duckdns-job backup-home-job --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- The output is now annotated as: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- 2021-08-25T00:01:34 /gnu/store/xcngj8vg5j8g54r3aqm71vbgsgrsjl31-rottlog-0.72.2/sbin/rottlog: mail: Cannot open mailer: No such file or directory 2021-08-25T00:01:34 /gnu/store/xcngj8vg5j8g54r3aqm71vbgsgrsjl31-rottlog-0.72.2/sbin/rottlog: mail: cannot send message: No such file or directory 2021-08-25T00:01:34 /gnu/store/xcngj8vg5j8g54r3aqm71vbgsgrsjl31-rottlog-0.72.2/sbin/rottlog: mail: Cannot open mailer: No such file or directory 2021-08-25T00:01:34 /gnu/store/xcngj8vg5j8g54r3aqm71vbgsgrsjl31-rottlog-0.72.2/sbin/rottlog: mail: cannot send message: No such file or directory 2021-08-25T00:01:34 /gnu/store/xcngj8vg5j8g54r3aqm71vbgsgrsjl31-rottlog-0.72.2/sbin/rottlog: mail: Cannot open mailer: No such file or directory 2021-08-25T00:01:34 /gnu/store/xcngj8vg5j8g54r3aqm71vbgsgrsjl31-rottlog-0.72.2/sbin/rottlog: mail: cannot send message: No such file or directory 2021-08-25T00:01:34 /gnu/store/xcngj8vg5j8g54r3aqm71vbgsgrsjl31-rottlog-0.72.2/sbin/rottlog: completed in 93.625s 2021-08-25T00:05:00 duckdns-update: running... 2021-08-25T00:05:01 duckdns-update: completed in 0.519s --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- And I don't have any mcron zombie process lying around, unless I'm reading the ps output wrong. Thanks, Maxim
