Re: Bug#18118: postgresql: postgresql modifies /etc/crontab rather than adding file

["Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>]

Kevin Dalley wrote, referring to Bug#18118:
  >It would be nice if postgresql upgrade would remove the lines from
  >/etc/crontab which were added by previous version of postgresql.

For a while, it did.  Nevertheless, it is a violation of policy to 
modify /etc/crontab, which is why I have taken it out.

Should I reinstate the removal?  It would add these lines to postinst:

if grep -s '^#-- postgresql begin *$' /etc/crontab
then
	TMP=`mktemp /tmp/pg.XXXXXX` || exit 1
	awk 'BEGIN {found=0}
/^#-- postgresql begin *$/ {found = 1}
/^#-- postgresql end *$/ {found = -1}
	{if (!found) print}
	{if (found == -1) found=0}' /etc/crontab >$TMP
	if [ -f $TMP ]
	then
		mv $TMP /etc/crontab
	fi
fi


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