Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 08:51:16 +1000 From: Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>, Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: how to test out cron.c changes? (was: cvs commit: src/etc crontab) Message-ID: <nospam-3a5b95e412011c9@maxim.gbch.net> In-Reply-To: <3A5B5656.E2AAF0B5@FreeBSD.org> of Tue, 09 Jan 2001 10:20:06 PST References: <200011191816.KAA81473@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001119214008.Z27042@speedy.gsinet> <20001120143658.B4415@netmode.ece.ntua.gr> <20001120193326.C27042@speedy.gsinet> <20001205225656.Z27042@speedy.gsinet> <20001220211548.T253@speedy.gsinet> <3A513799.75EAB470@FreeBSD.org> <20010102133239.V253@speedy.gsinet> <20010107170840.G253@speedy.gsinet> <3A5AE490.D251F590@gorean.org> <20010109124044.A16276@mithrandr.moria.org> <3A5B5656.E2AAF0B5@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > Neil Blakey-Milner wrote: > > > > On Tue 2001-01-09 (02:14), Doug Barton wrote: > > > Gerhard Sittig wrote: > > > This way, we never repeat jobs, and never lose jobs. Which makes cron > > reliable. > > For your definition of "reliable." Personally, I find cron doing exactly > what it's told and not trying to think for itself "reliable." Indeed. > > And when you finally realize that everyone else thinks this is a great > > idea, > > In fact, I'm quite sure that this is not true. I happen to be the only one > who is currently voicing opposition. No, you're not the only one opposed. I've stated my opposition previously and will re-state it here. If any change to expected cron behaviour is to be introduced, the traditional behaviour must be the default, with a knob documented in the man pages that can be twisted to get the oddball behaviour that is being proposed here. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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