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
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