On 07-Dec-1997 01:39:39, Miquel van Smoorenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Re: crontab -l outputs extra header] > Especially since that line is usually used in the prerm script, so > an upgrade won't help.. It might be worth it to locate all the packages > that do this, and file a bug report against them. You should mention that > tail +4 is dangerous since the behaviour of crontab -l might change , and > recommend something like: > > crontab -l | sed -e '/^#.*\(DO NOT EDIT\|Cron version\|installed on\).*$/d' > > instead. Then wait for Debian 2.2 or so, so you can be reasonably sure > everybody has upgraded all those packages at least once and release > a new cron..
Howzabout this: I mod 'crontab -l' so that it doesn't output the extra header iff CRONTAB_NOHEADER is defined. People can modify their scripts to CRONTAB_NOHEADER=Y crontab -l Later, I'll make the new behaviour the default. The advantage is that we get read of the sed call immediately, and people can set CRONTAB_NOHEADER in their login scripts and get the new behaviour. None of this will happen until after jan 1, as I'm trying to get a libc6 release of cern-httpd out before I go on vacation... steve -- Steve Greenland -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
