Justin Pryzby wrote: > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 10:14:55PM +0000, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > >> We just had cron die on our production boxes as someone was moving >> /var/spool around. Whilst I certainly don't mind it warning that >> /var/spool/crontabs didn't exist, it would be really nice if it didn't >> die - but just skipped it. > > I think a change like the following will have the requested effect > (for /v/s/cron/crontabs as well as /etc/cron.d). cron can also die > for some other reasons, but it's not immediately clear to me which > cases shouldn't be fatal.
Yes, cron likes to die a lot. It's almost scary, considering that critical jobs might depend on its service. I intend to correct these issues in the long term. > Note also the unrelated change to make valid_name a "static" function fixed, thanks > diff -u cron-3.0pl1/database.c cron-3.0pl1/database.c > --- cron-3.0pl1/database.c > +++ cron-3.0pl1/database.c patch applied, thanks! Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
