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Package: popularity-contest
Version: 1.33
Severity: wishlist
Hello Maintainer,
I run several Laptops and other Mobil-Computers with popularity-
contest but unfortunatly the scripts are never executed.
What I have currently done is a script which is called all 15
minutes and check whether it has (in the last 7 days) send a
pop-con submission and if not, it create and send it.
It would be nice, if you can cleanly implement it specialy for
Mobile-Computers. I think, debconf can be used to (de)activate
the script in /etc/cron.weekly/popularity-contest and use instead
a /etc/cron.d/popularity-contest job.
E.g.:
----[ '/etc/cron.d/popularity-contest' ]-------------------------------
*/15 * * * * /etc/cron.weekly/popularity-contest foo
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
and
----[ '/etc/cron.weekly/popularity-contest' ]--------------------------
#!/bin/sh
# don't run if this package is removed but not purged
if [ ! -f /usr/sbin/popularity-contest ]; then
exit 0
fi
unset MAILFROM
unset MAILTO
unset MY_HOSTID
unset PARTICIPATE
# get configuration information
. /usr/share/popularity-contest/default.conf
. /etc/popularity-contest.conf
# Check, whether we run mobile and if called from cron.d
if [ "${MOBILE}" = "true" ] && [ -z "$1" ] ; then exit 0 ; fi
# Check, whether the delay between two calls is greater then
# 7 days (604800 seconds)
if [ "${MOBILE}" = "true" ] ; then
OLDTIME=$(cat /var/lib/popularity-contest/lastrun 2>/dev/null)
NEWTIME=$(date +%s)
DIFTIME=$((NEWTIME-OLDTIME))
if [ ${DIFTIME} -lt 604800 ] ; then exit 0 ; fi
echo "${NEWTIME}" >/var/lib/popularity-contest/lastrun
fi
<snip>
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and for the to "debconf" added VALUE ${MOBILE}
----[ '/etc/popularity-contest.conf' ]---------------------------------
MY_HOSTID="7a500ea53cd746e7b10608044eb387a2"
PARTICIPATE="yes"
MAILTO="[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
MAILFROM="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
MOBILE="true"
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
which mean, the pop-con script will only run, if
1) the value of MOBILE is "false" and $1 is empty (which is the case
if it run from /etc/cron.weekly/popularity-contest
2) if calue of MOBILE is true and $1 is anything but not empty (which
is the case if run from '/etc/cron.d/popularity-contest')
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux samba3.private 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Wed Nov 30 21:38:51 JST
2005 i686 GNU/Linux
Versions of the packages popularity-contest depends on:
ii debconf 1.5.3 Debian configuration management system
ii dpkg 1.13.21 package maintenance system for Debian
debconf Version: 1.5.3 (Provides virtual package debconf-2.0)
ii debconf 1.5.3 Debian configuration management system
^^^ (Provides virtual package debconf-2.0)
dpkg-awk Not installed or no info
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Re: Michelle Konzack 2007-03-13 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Why not simply install anacron which is part of the laptop task
> > and is mentionned in the popcon FAQ ?
>
> I have already tried it but "anacron" mess up some other
> cronjobs which MUST be executed to a specified time or not.
>
> It is only for p-c where it is needed, since my Laptop is at
> least 16 hours per day switched on, but only online if I go
> to the Internet Cafe or to customes where I have Internet.
Hi,
please consider using submission via email. This way, submissions will
be queued until networking is available. For the other part, anacron
is the right thing to use, if your other cronjobs need a particular
date to run, don't put them in cron.daily.
Christoph
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