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From: Calum Selkirk <cselkirk@×××××.com>
To: gentooppc-user@g.o
Subject: [gentooppc-user] Fwd: [gentoo-user] New Cron Layout
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 00:14:43
Message-Id: 20020423051359.GB786@panix.com
1 ----- Forwarded message from Thilo Bangert <bangert@g.o> -----
2
3 > Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 21:49:10 +0200
4 > From: Thilo Bangert <bangert@g.o>
5 > Reply-To: gentoo-user@g.o
6 > To: gentoo-dev@g.o, gentoo-announce@g.o,
7 > gentoo-user@g.o, gentoo-newbies@g.o
8 > Subject: [gentoo-user] New Cron Layout
9 > X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2]
10
11 > Hi,
12 >
13 > I have just unmasked
14 >
15 > sys-apps/cronbase-0.01
16 > sys-apps/dcron-2.7-r9
17 > sys-apps/fcron-2.0.0-r1
18 > sys-apps/vcron-3.0.1-r1
19 >
20 > Users of
21 >
22 > sys-apps/dcron
23 > sys-apps/fcron (or app-admin/fcron )
24 > sys-apps/vcron
25 >
26 > should read the following before updating to the new cron layout.
27 >
28 >
29 > Features
30 > --------
31 >
32 > The new cron layout incorporates the following features:
33 >
34 > - to be able to use cron, a user must be part of the "cron" group.
35 >
36 > - cron spool files are located at /var/spool/cron/ for all cron's
37 >
38 > - all crons run /etc/cron.{hourly|daily|weekly|monthly} (fcron and
39 > dcron users see notice below).
40 >
41 > - all crons PROVIDE=virtual/cron and future ebuilds will make use of
42 > this. Ebuild developers are encourged to use it where applicable.
43 >
44 > - max one cron per system.
45 >
46 > - dcron is the Gentoo Linux "default" (ie. dcron gets installed if
47 > something depends on virtual/cron and no cron has been installed
48 > yet).
49 >
50 >
51 > Upgrade instructions
52 > --------------------
53 >
54 > sys-apps/dcron:
55 >
56 > NOTE: fcron has been moved from the app-admin category to the
57 > sys-apps category.
58 >
59 > to install the new dcron, do
60 > # emerge --pretend sys-apps/dcron
61 > # emerge sys-apps/dcron
62 >
63 > NOTE: to make use of /etc/cron.{hourly|daily|weekly|monthly} the root
64 > crontab must include the contents of /etc/crontab.
65 >
66 > # crontab /etc/crontab
67 >
68 > !! This will REPLACE root's current crontab !!
69 >
70 >
71 > sys-apps/fcron:
72 >
73 > to install the new fcron, do
74 > # emerge --pretend sys-apps/fcron
75 > # emerge sys-apps/fcron
76 >
77 > The default location for crontabs for fcron has been changed to
78 > /var/spool/cron/fcrontabs. To make use of previous crontabs, copy
79 > them to the new location. Make sure your new /etc/fcron/fcron.conf
80 > reflects this.
81 >
82 > NOTE: to make use of /etc/cron.{hourly|daily|weekly|monthly} the root
83 > crontab must include the contents of /etc/crontab.
84 >
85 > # crontab /etc/crontab
86 >
87 > !! This will REPLACE root's current crontab !!
88 >
89 > NEW: To be able to use cron as a user, the user must be part of the
90 > "cron" group.
91 >
92 >
93 > sys-apps/vcron:
94 >
95 > to install the new vcron, do
96 > # emerge --pretend sys-apps/vcron
97 > # emerge sys-apps/vcron
98 >
99 > NEW: To be able to use cron as a user, the user must be part of the
100 > "cron" group.
101 >
102 >
103 > Although the new layout has been tested, bugs may be present.
104 > Please report them on http://bugs.gentoo.org and assign them
105 > to bangert@g.o.
106 >
107 > Thank you.
108 >
109 > kind regards
110 >
111 > Thilo Bangert
112 > <bangert@g.o>
113 > _______________________________________________
114 > gentoo-user mailing list
115 > gentoo-user@g.o
116 > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-user
117 >
118
119 ----- End forwarded message -----

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