Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 06:43:31 +1000 From: Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net> To: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: how to test out cron.c changes? (was: cvs commit: src/etc crontab) Message-ID: <nospam-3a64b2731814449@maxim.gbch.net> In-Reply-To: <20010116192601.B253@speedy.gsinet> of Tue, 16 Jan 2001 19:26:01 %2B0100 References: <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> <nospam-3a5b95e412011c9@maxim.gbch.net> <20010116192601.B253@speedy.gsinet>
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Gerhard Sittig wrote: > On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 08:51 +1000, Greg Black wrote: > > > > 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. > > 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? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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