Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:48:54 +0100 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: how to test out cron.c changes? (was: cvs commit: src/etc crontab) Message-ID: <20010117184854.G253@speedy.gsinet> In-Reply-To: <nospam-3a64b2731814449@maxim.gbch.net>; from gjb@gbch.net on Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 06:43:31AM %2B1000 References: <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> <nospam-3a5b95e412011c9@maxim.gbch.net> <20010116192601.B253@speedy.gsinet> <nospam-3a64b2731814449@maxim.gbch.net>
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On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 06:43 +1000, Greg Black wrote: > Gerhard Sittig wrote: > > > > In http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=24358 ("/etc/rc > > variables for cron(8)") I suggest how to provide knobs to > > pass parameters to cron as well as to switch to a different > > cron executable, while of course leaving current behaviour as > > the default. > > This looks fine to me, as far as it goes. I'm assuming here > that the proposed new behaviour for cron will only be enabled > if a specific flag is provided? Exactly. Since nobody wants to ram any changes down anybody else's throat, as I get it from the thread. It all is about providing "corrected" behaviour for those who want it. And those obviously will have to act to get it. I'm just editing the PR with the cron patches to "catch up" with OpenBSD in this respect (stating that it doesn't handle DST, but has benefits whenever one's clock is jumping or cron waking up too late and _could_ be extended to handle DST). Therein I suggest to - not touch current cron at all but switch to a different executable by means of the newly introduced rc.conf variables or to - modify cron but make the new code optional while defaulting to off (in this order). Although I cannot say which variant will happen driven by those with enough priviledges to decide and commit. As well as I cannot even tell you if something will be done at all in the near future regarding the fact that there's no DST solution available yet -- which was the actual reason for the wish to change something. virtually yours 82D1 9B9C 01DC 4FB4 D7B4 61BE 3F49 4F77 72DE DA76 Gerhard Sittig true | mail -s "get gpg key" Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net -- If you don't understand or are scared by any of the above ask your parents or an adult to help you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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