Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 08:42:50AM -0700, Josh Lauricha wrote: > On Thu 08/05/04 17:35, Brian Sutherland wrote: > > Make sure that if the package is uninstalled, the cron job is > > disabled? > > I'd do something like: > # a bunch of lines for setting the command-line options or sourceing > # /etc

Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 08:42:50AM -0700, Josh Lauricha wrote: > On Thu 08/05/04 17:35, Brian Sutherland wrote: > > Make sure that if the package is uninstalled, the cron job is > > disabled? > > I'd do something like: > # a bunch of lines for setting the command-line options or sourceing > # /etc

Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Brian Sutherland
Im stunned. Three answers in under an hour. Thanks world. -- Brian Sutherland "There has got to be more to life than just being really, really, really, ridiculously good-looking." -- Derek Zoolander

Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-08-05 Brian Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As my first foray into debian packaging, I want to create a > package that installs a cron job to be run daily. > My approach is to install a simple script into /etc/cron.daily/ > that calls a more complex script which I install into /usr

Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Josh Lauricha
On Thu 08/05/04 17:35, Brian Sutherland wrote: > As my first foray into debian packaging, I want to create a > package that installs a cron job to be run daily. > > My approach is to install a simple script into /etc/cron.daily/ > that calls a more complex script which I install into /usr/bin/. >

Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Justin Pryzby
You are correct; see [1]. Make sure it checks for the existence of all files it needs. Cheers, -- Justin aptitude install iraf saods9 eclipse xpa sextractor x11iraf wcstools pyraf http://www.justinpryzby.com/debian/ References [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s9.5 O

simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Brian Sutherland
As my first foray into debian packaging, I want to create a package that installs a cron job to be run daily. My approach is to install a simple script into /etc/cron.daily/ that calls a more complex script which I install into /usr/bin/. Will this be compliant with the FHS? Make sure that if th

Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Brian Sutherland
Im stunned. Three answers in under an hour. Thanks world. -- Brian Sutherland "There has got to be more to life than just being really, really, really, ridiculously good-looking." -- Derek Zoolander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-08-05 Brian Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As my first foray into debian packaging, I want to create a > package that installs a cron job to be run daily. > My approach is to install a simple script into /etc/cron.daily/ > that calls a more complex script which I install into /usr

Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Josh Lauricha
On Thu 08/05/04 17:35, Brian Sutherland wrote: > As my first foray into debian packaging, I want to create a > package that installs a cron job to be run daily. > > My approach is to install a simple script into /etc/cron.daily/ > that calls a more complex script which I install into /usr/bin/. >

Re: simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Justin Pryzby
You are correct; see [1]. Make sure it checks for the existence of all files it needs. Cheers, -- Justin aptitude install iraf saods9 eclipse xpa sextractor x11iraf wcstools pyraf http://www.justinpryzby.com/debian/ References [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s9.5 O

simple cron packaging question

2004-08-05 Thread Brian Sutherland
As my first foray into debian packaging, I want to create a package that installs a cron job to be run daily. My approach is to install a simple script into /etc/cron.daily/ that calls a more complex script which I install into /usr/bin/. Will this be compliant with the FHS? Make sure that if th