Bug#343105: approx: [Debian testing] /etc/cron.weekly/approx fails to run

2005-12-13 Thread Jari Aalto
Eric Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 03:33:35PM -0500, Eric Cooper wrote: | 2. xargs fails if find(1) call is empty | [...] | - use option --no-run-if-empty with xargs to prevent failure. | | Good catch. I'll do that. | | I see that the su man page says the -c

Bug#343105: approx: [Debian testing] /etc/cron.weekly/approx fails to run

2005-12-12 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: approx Version: 2.00 Severity: normal The cron job /etc/cron.weekly/approx includes lines find /var/cache/approx/. -type d -empty | xargs rmdir su approx -c gc_approx --quiet PROBLEMS 1. There is no account gc_approx 2. xargs fails if find(1) call is empty SUGGESTION - Not

Bug#343105: approx: [Debian testing] /etc/cron.weekly/approx fails to run

2005-12-12 Thread Eric Cooper
On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 09:37:59PM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: Package: approx Version: 2.00 Severity: normal The cron job /etc/cron.weekly/approx includes lines find /var/cache/approx/. -type d -empty | xargs rmdir su approx -c gc_approx --quiet PROBLEMS 1. There is no account

Bug#343105: approx: [Debian testing] /etc/cron.weekly/approx fails to run

2005-12-12 Thread Eric Cooper
On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 03:33:35PM -0500, Eric Cooper wrote: I see that the su man page says the -c ... argument should come before the username, although it works on my systems in either order. But I'll change it to conform to the documented behavior. Now I see that the problem is that the