Package: cron
Version: 3.0pl1-127+deb8u1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
it makes sense to me to Log output to stdout, when cron is executed in
foreground mode using the -f argument.
This can be especially helpful in containerized environments (LXC,
Docker), where a syslog facility is most of the times not available, and
the logging can be handled with a simple redirect.
I have included a patch, which implements this functionality.
NOTE: This patch also incorporates the fix for Bug#887014!
If you need any more info/help, please do not hesitate to contact me (or
reply to this bug report).
-- Package-specific info:
--- EDITOR:
--- /usr/bin/editor:
/bin/nano
--- /usr/bin/crontab:
-rwxr-sr-x 1 root crontab 36008 Jun 11 2015 /usr/bin/crontab
--- /var/spool/cron:
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4 Jan 12 13:58 /var/spool/cron
--- /var/spool/cron/crontabs:
drwx-wx--T 2 root crontab 2 Jun 11 2015 /var/spool/cron/crontabs
--- /etc/cron.d:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4 Jan 12 13:58 /etc/cron.d
--- /etc/cron.daily:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 11 Jan 12 13:58 /etc/cron.daily
--- /etc/cron.hourly:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Jan 12 13:58 /etc/cron.hourly
--- /etc/cron.monthly:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4 Jan 12 13:58 /etc/cron.monthly
--- /etc/cron.weekly:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 5 Jan 12 13:58 /etc/cron.weekly
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.10
APT prefers oldstable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'oldstable-updates'), (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: unable to detect
Versions of packages cron depends on:
ii adduser 3.113+nmu3
ii debianutils 4.4+b1
ii dpkg 1.17.27
ii init-system-helpers 1.22
ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u10
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.8-3.1+deb8u2
ii libpam0g 1.1.8-3.1+deb8u2+b1
ii libselinux1 2.3-2
ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian13+nmu1
Versions of packages cron recommends:
ii exim4 4.84.2-2+deb8u4
ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-transport-agent] 4.84.2-2+deb8u4
Versions of packages cron suggests:
ii anacron 2.3-23
pn checksecurity
ii logrotate 3.8.7-1+b1
Versions of packages cron is related to:
pn libnss-ldap
pn libnss-ldapd
pn libpam-ldap
pn libpam-mount
pn nis
pn nscd
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/crontab changed:
SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / &&
run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / &&
run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly )
52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / &&
run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly )
* * * * * root echo test >> /var/log/test
-- no debconf information
diff -u cron-3.0pl1/cron.c cron-3.0pl1/cron.c
--- cron-3.0pl1/cron.c
+++ cron-3.0pl1/cron.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
setlocale(LC_COLLATE, "C"); /* Except for collation, since
load_database() uses a-z */
/* Except that "US-ASCII" is preferred to "ANSI_x3.4-1968" in MIME,
* even though "ANSI_x3.4-1968" is the official charset name. */
- if ( ( cs = nl_langinfo( CODESET ) ) != 0L &&
+ if ( ( cs = nl_langinfo( CODESET ) ) != 0L &&
strcasecmp(cs, "ANSI_x3.4-1968") != 0 )
strncpy( cron_default_mail_charset, cs, MAX_ENVSTR );
else
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@
} else if (!stay_foreground) {
switch (fork()) {
case -1:
- log_it("CRON",getpid(),"DEATH","can't fork");
+ log_it(LOG_ERR, "CRON", getpid(), "DEATH", "can't
fork");
exit(0);
break;
case 0:
/* child process */
- log_it("CRON",getpid(),"STARTUP","fork ok");
+ log_it(LOG_INFO, "CRON", getpid(), "STARTUP", "fork
ok");
(void) setsid();
freopen("/dev/null", "r", stdin);
freopen("/dev/null", "w", stdout);
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@
getpid(), timeRunning - virtualTime))
/* run wildcard jobs for current minute */
find_jobs(timeRunning, , TRUE, FALSE);
-
- /* run fixed-time jobs for each minute missed
*/
+
+ /* run fixed-time jobs for each minute missed */
do {
if (job_runqueue())
sleep(10);
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
} while
