Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 16:20:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/10947: Entering daylight time at 2am loses /etc/daily (or other 2am jobs) Message-ID: <199908092320.QAA66416@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/10947; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: Seth <seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>, scottd@cloud9.net, Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/10947: Entering daylight time at 2am loses /etc/daily (or other 2am jobs) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 16:17:16 -0700 (PDT) On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Seth wrote: > > > On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Doug wrote: > > > On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > > > > I like the comment, > > > > I think it may be too verbose. How about something like, > > > > # If your time zone acknowledges Daylight Savings Time job > > # scheduling can be affected. Please plan accordingly. > > I don't think that fully explains the problem... Depends on how many brain cells are rubbing together in the reader's head. :) > it might be adequate for > crontab, but something should be mentioned in the manpage (per phk's > suggestion), and a reference in crontab to the manpage. Would you like me > to take a stab at getting the diffs for both crontab and the manpage? Sure, actually fixing the time the job is scheduled for was my goal all along. :) Doug -- On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does. -- Will Rogers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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