Yes, it does. Worse than that are the packages that update /etc/services like transproxy. Everytime Peter adds a service I have to manually change the /etc/services file. Argh!
Couldn't we find a common way for packages to adjust other packages conffiles? I don't like the idea of and update-crontab, update-services etc. in my filesystem. Eventually we need a special update-bin directory. :-) Michael -- Dr. Michael Meskes, Project-Manager | topsystem Systemhaus GmbH [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Europark A2, Adenauerstr. 20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 52146 Wuerselen Go SF49ers! Go Rhein Fire! | Tel: (+49) 2405/4670-44 Use Debian GNU/Linux! | Fax: (+49) 2405/4670-10 > -----Original Message----- > From: Nathan E Norman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 05, 1998 4:12 PM > To: Debian Developers List > Subject: Re: cron jobs more often than daily > > On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > : On Mon, Jan 05, 1998 at 01:26:56PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > : > On Mon, Jan 05, 1998 at 09:48:42PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > : > > However, there's no suitable user for this and it needs > : > > to run as root anyway to reset the accounting stats. > : > > Am I stuck with daily? > : > > : > Why not add a job like: > : > > : > */15 * * * * root /usr/sbin/ipac-cron > : > > : > to /etc/crontab? The predecessor of at has done this, too. > : > : Policy 2.3.0.1 says > : > : 3.5. Cron jobs > : -------------- > : > : Packages may not touch the configuration file `/etc/crontab', > nor may > : they modify the files in `/var/spool/cron/crontabs'. > : > : Doesn't this rule this out? > > The mrtg package in hamm adds an entry to /etc/crontab; it also places > comments around the entry to aid future removal, I suppose. This may > violate policy (I don't know), but it does show that other packages > are > doing this. > > : > : thanks, > : Hamish > : -- > : Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. > PGP#EFA6B9D5 > : CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. > http://hamish.home.ml.org > : > > -- > Nathan Norman > MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 > phone: (605) 334-4454 fax: (605) 335-1173 > mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net > PGP Key ID: 0xA33B86E9 - Public key available at keyservers > PGP Key fingerprint: CE03 10AF 3281 1858 9D32 C2AB 936D C472 > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" > to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
