Hi Christian,
some time ago I have downloaded Björn Danielsson patch and I use it
systematically in Debian - very useful.
In the attachments please find the original patch from the page mentioned
by Axel and a new version, recently updated by me to work with wheezy.
Please consider including this patch in the Debian cron.
Best wishes,
Piotr
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/**************************************************************************
Dr Piotr A. Dybczynski, Astronomical Observatory, A.Mickiewicz University
homepage: http://apollo.astro.amu.edu.pl/PAD e-mail: dy...@amu.edu.pl
********************************************************************PAD***/
*** entry.c~ Wed Nov 26 18:37:08 2003
--- entry.c Wed Nov 26 18:46:17 2003
***************
*** 310,313 ****
--- 310,317 ----
}
#endif
+ {
+ char *utc = env_get("CRONTAB_UTC", e->envp);
+ if (utc && atoi(utc)) { e->flags |= CRONTAB_UTC; }
+ }
Debug(DPARS, ("load_entry()...about to parse command\n"))
*** cron.h~ Wed Nov 26 18:37:08 2003
--- cron.h Wed Nov 26 18:47:09 2003
***************
*** 167,170 ****
--- 167,171 ----
#define MIN_STAR 0x08
#define HR_STAR 0x10
+ #define CRONTAB_UTC 0x4000
} entry;
*** cron.c~ Wed Nov 26 18:37:08 2003
--- cron.c Wed Nov 26 19:00:52 2003
***************
*** 308,312 ****
--- 308,314 ----
register user *u;
register entry *e;
+ register int utcflag = 0;
+ again:
/* make 0-based values out of these so we can use them as indicies
*/
***************
*** 329,332 ****
--- 331,335 ----
for (u = db->head; u != NULL; u = u->next) {
for (e = u->crontab; e != NULL; e = e->next) {
+ if ((e->flags & CRONTAB_UTC) == utcflag) {
Debug(DSCH|DEXT, ("user [%s:%d:%d:...] cmd=\"%s\"\n",
env_get("LOGNAME", e->envp),
***************
*** 342,346 ****
--- 345,358 ----
job_add(e, u);
}
+ }
}
+ }
+ /* run the above code once again, but now with utcflag non-zero and
+ * tm set to GMT instead of local time.
+ */
+ if (!utcflag) {
+ utcflag = CRONTAB_UTC;
+ tm = gmtime(&virtualSecond);
+ goto again;
}
}
*** entry.c~ Wed Nov 26 18:37:08 2003
--- entry.c Wed Nov 26 18:46:17 2003
***************
*** 310,313 ****
--- 310,317 ----
}
#endif
+ {
+ char *utc = env_get("CRONTAB_UTC", e->envp);
+ if (utc && atoi(utc)) { e->flags |= CRONTAB_UTC; }
+ }
Debug(DPARS, ("load_entry()...about to parse command\n"))
*** cron.h~ Wed Nov 26 18:37:08 2003
--- cron.h Wed Nov 26 18:47:09 2003
***************
*** 187,190 ****
--- 187,191 ----
#define MIN_STAR 0x08
#define HR_STAR 0x10
+ #define CRONTAB_UTC 0x4000
} entry;
*** cron.c~ Wed Nov 26 18:37:08 2003
--- cron.c Wed Nov 26 19:00:52 2003
***************
*** 331,335 ****
--- 331,337 ----
register user *u;
register entry *e;
+ register int utcflag = 0;
+ again:
/* make 0-based values out of these so we can use them as indicies
*/
***************
*** 352,355 ****
--- 354,358 ----
for (u = db->head; u != NULL; u = u->next) {
for (e = u->crontab; e != NULL; e = e->next) {
+ if ((e->flags & CRONTAB_UTC) == utcflag) {
Debug(DSCH|DEXT, ("user [%s:%d:%d:...] cmd=\"%s\"\n",
env_get("LOGNAME", e->envp),
***************
*** 365,369 ****
--- 368,381 ----
job_add(e, u);
}
+ }
}
+ }
+ /* run the above code once again, but now with utcflag non-zero and
+ * tm set to GMT instead of local time.
+ */
+ if (!utcflag) {
+ utcflag = CRONTAB_UTC;
+ tm = gmtime(&virtualSecond);
+ goto again;
}
}
