From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 28 22:48:01 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 323D6106564A; Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:48:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D8998FC0C; Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:48:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q3SMm0IP084180; Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:48:00 GMT (envelope-from gjb@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from gjb@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q3SMm0OU084178; Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:48:00 GMT (envelope-from gjb@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201204282248.q3SMm0OU084178@svn.freebsd.org> From: Glen Barber Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:48:00 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r234775 - head/usr.sbin/cron/crontab X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:48:01 -0000 Author: gjb (doc committer) Date: Sat Apr 28 22:48:00 2012 New Revision: 234775 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/234775 Log: As cron(8) is started with '-s' by default, timezones that observe DST should not need to worry about scheduling jobs when the DST time changes. Rather than removing the BUGS section in crontab(5) regarding this, note that disabling '-s' may still cause jobs to be executed twice or not at all. PR: 166318 Submitted by: Florian k Unglaub (f.unglaub%googlemail!com) MFC After: 1 week Modified: head/usr.sbin/cron/crontab/crontab.5 Modified: head/usr.sbin/cron/crontab/crontab.5 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.sbin/cron/crontab/crontab.5 Sat Apr 28 22:03:19 2012 (r234774) +++ head/usr.sbin/cron/crontab/crontab.5 Sat Apr 28 22:48:00 2012 (r234775) @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd January 28, 2012 +.Dd April 28, 2012 .Dt CRONTAB 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -296,10 +296,21 @@ are extensions. .An Paul Vixie Aq paul@vix.com .Sh BUGS If you are in one of the 70-odd countries that observe Daylight -Savings Time, jobs scheduled during the rollback or advance will be -affected. +Savings Time, jobs scheduled during the rollback or advance may be +affected if +.Xr cron 8 +is not started with the +.Fl s +flag. In general, it is not a good idea to schedule jobs during -this period. +this period if +.Xr cron 8 +is not started with the +.Fl s +flag, which is enabled by default. +See +.Xr cron 8 +for more details. .Pp For US timezones (except parts of AZ and HI) the time shift occurs at 2AM local time.