Bill Allombert writes:
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 09:18:45AM +0200, Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote:
>> IMO I really think that packages should use the init.d script instead
>> of rely @reboot, allowing @reboot only for sysadmin: better to have a
>> unique method for "init.d"-like scripts, and to use t
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 09:18:45AM +0200, Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote:
> Raphael Hertzog wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Do both of our proposed cron daemons support that same syntax? (Does
> anyone here use bcron to comment on that?)
bcron supports the */n syntax,
Raphael Hertzog wrote:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Russ Allbery wrote:
Do both of our proposed cron daemons support that same syntax? (Does
anyone here use bcron to comment on that?)
bcron supports the */n syntax, but not @reboot and the other @*. See
http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Russ Allbery wrote:
> >> Do both of our proposed cron daemons support that same syntax? (Does
> >> anyone here use bcron to comment on that?)
>
> > bcron supports the */n syntax, but not @reboot and the other @*. See
> > http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bcron
Gerrit Pape writes:
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 01:43:57PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> I suspect that we need to document that packages may rely on @reboot,
>> @yearly, @monthly, @weekly, @daily, and @hourly, and also on the */2
>> syntax. We also need to document that, contrary POSIX, files in
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 04:45:26PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >> Are there any seconds to the proposal to create a virtual
> >> package cron-daemon? The rationale is for packages like logratate,
> >> which otherwise would need to depend on cron | anacron | fcron | bcron |
> >> etc.
On Fri, Sep 11 2009, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:54:10AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>
>> Are there any seconds to the proposal to create a virtual
>> package cron-daemon? The rationale is for packages like logratate,
>> which otherwise would need to depend on c
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 09:32:25AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 03:15:41PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 02:36:26PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:54:10AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>
> > > > Are there
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 03:15:41PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 02:36:26PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:54:10AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > > Are there any seconds to the proposal to create a virtual
> > > package cron-daemon
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 02:36:26PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:54:10AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>
> > Are there any seconds to the proposal to create a virtual
> > package cron-daemon? The rationale is for packages like logratate,
> > which otherwise w
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:54:10AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Are there any seconds to the proposal to create a virtual
> package cron-daemon? The rationale is for packages like logratate,
> which otherwise would need to depend on cron | anacron | fcron | bcron |
> etc.
Given how
Manoj Srivastava writes:
> Are there any seconds to the proposal to create a virtual
> package cron-daemon? The rationale is for packages like logratate,
> which otherwise would need to depend on cron | anacron | fcron | bcron |
> etc.
> The requirements for providing cron-dae
Hi,
Are there any seconds to the proposal to create a virtual
package cron-daemon? The rationale is for packages like logratate,
which otherwise would need to depend on cron | anacron | fcron | bcron |
etc.
The requirements for providing cron-daemon are:
[ POSIX ]
- Has to pr
Package: debian-policy
Priority: wishlist
Hi all,
It was suggested to me (#349170) that we should use a virtual package
'cron-service' to make it easier to people to switch between different cron
implementations. Currently in Debian there are three of them available:
vixie-cron, which is our cu
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