Re: Should packages depend on cron?

To: Mark Mickan <mmickan@ozemail.com.au>
Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Should packages depend on cron?
From: Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 11:57:06 -0400
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 199707211518.AAA03339@mail.orbit.net.au>; from Mark Mickan on Tue, Jul 22, 1997 at 12:48:31AM +0930
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Mark Mickan <mmickan@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> I didn't install cron, but some packages put files in
> /etc/cron.{daily,weekly,monthly} !
... 
> 4. Any other options?

5. warn when cron is referenced but not depended on.  [Note that
impact on package may be secondary.]

Aside: should "automatic" anacron support be considered desirable?
[I suspect that this is too personal to automate.]

-- 
Raul

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