Bug#409052: mixmaster: cronjob doesn't check network avaibility
On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Colin Tuckley wrote: > maximilian attems wrote: > > > postfix runs on ifup mailq or such - i assume hooks with networking code > > are not that uncommon.. > > I don't think you can really compare mixmaster to postfix. sure, hey i'm not a userspace guy. anyway it's not a feature to assume 100% net connectivity. and it is an usual linux people failure to assume so. so if you don't come up with a fix another one will, anyway not done, thus reopend. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#409052: mixmaster: cronjob doesn't check network avaibility
On Thu, 06 Dec 2007, Colin Tuckley wrote: > > running mixmaster on a laptop i get error messages due to > > /etc/cron.daily/mixmaster not beeing able to fetch the update > > lists. > > > > please check network avaibility before trying to fetch. > > Do you have any suggestions on how to do this? It is not simple. The fact > that a network interface is up does not mean there is a connection to the > internet available. If you attempt to ping some site then what happens if > it's down? postfix runs on ifup mailq or such - i assume hooks with networking code are not that uncommon.. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#409052: mixmaster: cronjob doesn't check network avaibility
> running mixmaster on a laptop i get error messages due to > /etc/cron.daily/mixmaster not beeing able to fetch the update > lists. > > please check network avaibility before trying to fetch. Do you have any suggestions on how to do this? It is not simple. The fact that a network interface is up does not mean there is a connection to the internet available. If you attempt to ping some site then what happens if it's down? Colin -- Colin Tuckley | +44(0)1903 236872 | PGP/GnuPG Key Id Debian Developer | +44(0)7799 143369 | 0x1B3045CE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
