Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:02:54 -0700 From: Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> To: Lexi Winter <lexi@le-fay.org> Cc: pkgbase@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 15.0 pkgbase, heads up: cron, lpr packages Message-ID: <2e3d33b6d98d1ab86686aeb75ea6e94c@bsdforge.com> In-Reply-To: <ZimTWK-Y2v0u2Nq3@ilythia.eden.le-fay.org> References: <ZimTWK-Y2v0u2Nq3@ilythia.eden.le-fay.org>
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On 2024-04-24 16:18, Lexi Winter wrote: > hello, > > following the merge of these commits: > > dbd0366f3434e2444792b431997dcaecfbf899ee package: move lpr into its own > package > 7209444a80fd37de0e19c7cf93623f84709827e3 package: move cron into its own > package > > you must install the new packages FreeBSD-cron or FreeBSD-lp if you need > cron or lpr. pkg(8) will *not* handle this automatically. Why? Isn't cron(8) essential? pkg needs it, as do (sys)admins for periodic(8)? Why would one want to remove it? Thanks. > > if you have updated pkgbase systems in the mean time, you may find that > you have no cron (meaning no periodic, etc.). > > in addition, if you upgrade to current pkgbase without installing > FreeBSD-cron at the same time, you may find pkg(8) deletes your existing > /etc/crontab. > > the following commands should allow you to install FreeBSD-cron while > also preserving crontab: > > # pkg update > # pkg install FreeBSD-cron > # pkg upgrade > > i apologise for the inconvenience and for not including an UPDATING > entry for these, especially for cron.
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