Bug#391836: debian-policy: New virtual package: cron-daemon
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Russ Allbery wrote:
> >> Do both of our proposed cron daemons support that same syntax? (Does
> >> anyone here use bcron to comment on that?)
>
> > bcron supports the */n syntax, but not @reboot and the other @*. See
> > http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bcrontab&sektion=5
>
> Hm. I wonder how many packages that ship cron.d files expect the @* stuff
> to work. If none, then maybe we should document that packages shouldn't
> rely on it.
>
> Everything other than @reboot is trivial to replace. @reboot is a lot
> trickier, although I suspect most packages use an init script.
As a user, I got used to rely on @reboot to start services (like an irc
proxy).
And I have used it in packages (outside of Debian though) as well because
init scripts are a pain nowadays compared to this simple solution (need to
write meta-information to order the boot, etc).
It would be nice if we could mandate its support.
Cheers,
--
Raphaël Hertzog
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