Bug#3302: savelog seems to be missing from cron package
On Sat, 15 Jun 1996, Susan G. Kleinmann wrote:
> Package: cron
> Version: 3.0pl1-32
>
> A copy of the Contents file dated June 10 indicates that savelog is supposed
> to be part of the cron package, yet dpkg-deb -c cron-3.0pl1-32.deb shows
> no such package.
This is intentional. savelog is now in debianutils, as of 1.2-1. It
was moved so that it would be in a required package. cron isn't
required. You most likely have it on your system as 1.2-1 was released
on April 24.
The Contents file is generated only once a week, and the scripts that
generate it don't deal well with files that are in more than one
package - they just print one of them. I think the frequency is fine,
but all locations should be printed. Opinions?
I'll refile this bug to (ftp.debian.org) as it concerns the cron
scripts that maintain it.
Guy
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