Re: Should packages depend on cron?
Hi,
>>"Mark" == Mark Mickan <mmickan@ozemail.com.au> writes:
Mark> I didn't install cron, but some packages put files in
Mark> /etc/cron.{daily,weekly,monthly} !
Mark> As I see it, we have a few choices with this...
Mark> 1. Leave it as it is, because it doesn't actually "break"
Mark> anything (in most cases). This could be a problem because users
Mark> may not realise why their hard drive is filling up (i.e. log
Mark> files are getting bigger).
If you do not have cron, the scripts don't get run. The only
space consumed is by the scripts themselves. I have 773 packages
installed. The total extra cron scripts is 45Kb. If this causes hard
drives to fill up, you are in far worse trouble.
Don't mend what is not broken.
manoj
__> dpkg -l | grep ^ii | wc -l
773
__> du /etc/cron.daily
20 /etc/cron.daily
__> du /etc/cron.monthly/
4 /etc/cron.monthly
__> du /etc/cron.weekly/
21 /etc/cron.weekly
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