On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 03:07:36PM +0100, Giovanni Bechis wrote:
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> On 02/23/17 17:44, Andreas Kusalananda Kähäri wrote:
> > Hi,
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> > I was once the port maintainer of sysutils/anacron. I wrote the
> > pkg/README file and it's been bothering me ever since.
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> > I have attached a patch that fixes it in such a way that
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> > * Environtment variables are the same as in the default crontab for
> > root.
> >
> /usr/local/{s,}bin is not in crontab(5) default pathExactly, that's why the patch removes these paths. > > > * Absolute paths for /bin/sh are being used. > > > > * No pipe to tee (why did I even have that?). > > > > * Suggest adding an @hourly job to run anacron in root's crontab. > > > why is this needed ? If the cron jobs are commented out of the crontab of root and instead handled by anacron, anacron will have to be invoked at least daily. Invoking it hourly is a good solution for a system that is running during irregular hours. This will ensure that anacron is run at least once every day, even if the machine stays up >24h (in which case a @reboot job is not enough) or if the machine isn't running at midnight (in whuch case a @daily job wouldn't be run). There is no resource drain in doing this as anacron will just skip all jobs that won't be needing running. > > > * Fixes @hourly and @reboot crontab suggestions so that it tests if the > > executable is present. Is this a good idea? Maybe it's better to let > > it fail, so that it's spotted? > > > I think it is better to let it fail. Then remove the "test -x ... &&" > > > Also: > > > > * Bump revision in Makefile. > > > > > > With kind regards, > > Kusalananda > > > Cheers > Giovanni
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