Hi, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.courno...@gmail.com> writes:
> 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: > > @@ -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 > > > The output is now annotated as: > > 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 > > And I don't have any mcron zombie process lying around, unless I'm > reading the ps output wrong. It's been a while and I haven't seen this problem myself in all this time; closing. Do reopen if you encounter it or better yet, have a reproducer for it. -- Thanks, Maxim