Bug#2244: run-parts shouldn't complain about directories
> Package: miscutils
> Version 1.3-7
>
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> run-parts shouldn't complain about the directory during
> its run. It should notice that it's a directory and skip it.
>
> run-parts: component /etc/cron.daily/RCS is not an executable plain file
>
> Darren
> <torin@daft.com> <http://www.daft.com/~torin/> <tnd@iswp.org> <torin@io.com>
When I cloned the perl run-parts in C, I copied this behavior. You're
the second person to call it a bug.
Unless someone (Ian?) can come up with a good reason not to, I will change
it in the next release.
Thanks,
Jeff
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