Ok, the problem solved. Thanks. crontab(5) page of 4.7-RELEASE and 5.0-RELEASE cite the same thing about variable assignment:
The name string may also be placed in quote(single or double, but matching) to preserver leading, trailing or inner blanks. I think the current implementation(r1.11 of env.c) is right according to the manual. But 4-stable is still r1.7.2.1, so it'll be good to wait until MFC... From: Tim Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 5.0 cron problem Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 20:42:50 +1100 > On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 05:57:30PM +0900, CHOI Junho wrote: > [...] > > ---------------------- > > CVSUP=/usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L2 -h localhost > > CVSUPDIR=/b/FreeBSD/cvsup > > > > # source sync > > 0 */1 * * * $CVSUP $CVSUPDIR/4_7-supfile > /dev/null > > 20 */1 * * * $CVSUP $CVSUPDIR/5_0-supfile > /dev/null > > 40 */1 * * * $CVSUP $CVSUPDIR/current-supfile > /dev/null > > ---------------------- > > > > When I install this crontab: > > > > # crontab my-crontab > > "my-crontab":0: bad minute > > crontab: errors in crontab file, can't install > > > > "0" means line number. It means variable setting doesn't work... > > > > I used this crontab over years on 4.[4567]-RELEASE happily. What > > happen to cron? I suspected updating procedure(/usr/src/UPDATING) > > because my -current desktop(starting from -current snapshot a year > > ago) doesn't have such problem. > > Since revision 1.11 of src/usr.sbin/cron/lib/env.c, you need to put the > value of the environment variable inside quotes if it contains any spaces. > I suspect that this change of behaviour was unintentional given that the > implementation differs from the manual page. I'll investigate and fix > it if it's a bug. In the mean time, use something like this instead: > CVSUP="/usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L2 -h localhost" > > > Tim > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- CHOI Junho <http://www.kr.FreeBSD.org/~cjh> KFUG <cjh at kr.FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD Project <cjh at FreeBSD.org> Web Data Bank <cjh at wdb.co.kr> Key fingerprint = 1369 7374 A45F F41A F3C0 07E3 4A01 C020 E602 60F5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
