On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 07:35:25AM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > On 07-Apr-05, 06:40 (CDT), Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 19:45:15 +0000, Gerrit Pape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > >This is bcron, a new cron system designed with secure operations in mind. > > >To do this, the system is divided into several separate programs, each > > >responsible for a separate task, with strictly controlled communications > > >between them. The user interface is a drop-in replacement for similar > > >systems (such as vixie-cron), but the internals differ greatly. > > > > Is it a drop-in replacement for Debian's cron as well, which is quite > > a bit patched compared to plain vixie cron? > > Looking at the site, it appears to have the required functionality > (/etc/cron.d, etc.). One line item that is not yet supported is @reboot, > @daily, etc.
Correct. I checked that it provides the functionality mandated by Debian policy 9.5. > The other thing that Gerrit needs to look at is the file naming > conventions (both Debian and LSB) that apply in /etc/cron.d. I didn't find where the Debian namespace convention is specified, other than in the run-parts man page, and it looks like cron doesn't conform with LSB by default. Is that really necessary? Regards, Gerrit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]