This bug was fixed in the package postgresql-common - 87ubuntu2
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postgresql-common (87ubuntu2) hardy-proposed; urgency=low
* pg_maintenance: Fix $PATH to include /usr/bin, so that the cron job can
run the id command. (LP: #422189)
-- Martin Pitt martin.p...@ubuntu.com
Haven't got a cronspam since I updated the packages this morning. +1
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Can't exec id errors from pg_maintenance after upgrading to 87ubuntu1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422189
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Can't exec id errors from pg_maintenance after upgrading to 87ubuntu1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422189
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Martin Pitt martin.p...@ubuntu.com writes:
Hm, this exact change has been in intrepid onwards without such
reports, and $PATH in cron.d defaults to /usr/bin:/bin in Lenny and
Karmic, so I don't think this changed just recently. Is that default
$PATH change a local customization on your
Argh, this was a regression from:
revno: 758
committer: Martin Pitt martin.p...@ubuntu.com
branch nick: postgresql-common
timestamp: Sun 2007-05-20 13:36:59 +0200
message:
* pg_createcluster, pg_ctlcluster, pg_dropcluster, pg_maintenance,
pg_upgradecluster: Strip down PATH untainting to the
Straightforward debdiff to fix this, I tested this now.
Uploaded to the queue, needs Steve or Colin to process.
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** Changed in: postgresql-common (Ubuntu Hardy)
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Can't
Hm, this exact change has been in intrepid onwards without such reports,
and $PATH in cron.d defaults to /usr/bin:/bin in Lenny and Karmic, so
I don't think this changed just recently. Is that default $PATH change a
local customization on your servers?
Anyway, easy enough to fix, I was just
12:20 slangasek elmo: blink is /usr/bin not in the path?
12:20 elmo slangasek: not in a cron job, no
12:21 slangasek hrm
12:21 elmo not unless the cron file goes to the trouble of setting $PATH
12:21 elmo /etc/crontab sets PATH, but postgresql-common is in /etc/cron.d
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