Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 22:01:34 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Periodic scripts running twice Message-ID: <20080804220134.339cb529@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <489748B0.8050708@cyberleo.net> References: <489748B0.8050708@cyberleo.net>
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On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:21:36 -0500 CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> wrote: > Hi! > > For a while, I've noticed odd behavior with periodic scripts > installed by certain ports (portaudit) as well as ones I've penned > myself (corescan), in that they appear to be run twice in succession > every time. > > Base system scripts, and some add-on scripts (freshclam) are run only > once, even in the same periodic batch. > > Is there some end state the script is expected to be in to signal > periodic of a successful run? > > (Incl: Sample email, weekly.txt) > > Thanks! > Is this a long-standing problem? It sounds like you didn't fully complete the UPDATING instruction for the 20070519 xorg update, and /usr/local/etc/periodic is being access both directly and via the /usr/X11R6 symlink. Try adding local_periodic="/usr/local/etc/periodic" to /etc/periodic.conf
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