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crontab problems ...



I noticed a strange things in my /etc/crontab which seems to be installed by
the cron and maybe modified by the anacron package.

Here is my crontab :

----------------------------------------crontab----------
# /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab
# Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab'
# command to install the new version when you edit this file.
# This file also has a username field, that none of the other crontabs do.

SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

# m h dom mon dow user  command
25 2     * * *  root    test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
47 2     * * 7  root    test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly
52 2     1 * *  root    test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly
#
----------------------------------------crontab----------

What I think is a problem is the `||' if the file /usr/sbin/crontab exist the
run-parts part will not be executed, and if it does not exist the run-parts
can not be executed.

I dont understand why the `||' are not replaced by `&&'.

Do I miss something, or is it a bug ?

-- 
-- Bruno



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