Re: [PATCH 1/1] New virtual package: cron-daemon
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 01:36:02AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> index 042e82f..76ac0d4 100644
> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -6552,13 +6552,48 @@ Reloading <var>description</var> configuration...done.
> <prgn>anacron</prgn>. Thus, you should only use this
> directory for jobs which may be skipped if the system is not
> running.)</p>
> + <p>
> + Unlike <file>crontab</file> files described in the IEEE Std
> + 1003.1-2008 (POSIX.1) available from
> + <url id="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/";
> + name="The Open Group">, the files in
> + <file>/etc/cron.d</file> and the file
> + <file>/etc/crontab</file> have seven fields; namely:
> + <enumlist>
> + <item>Minute [0,59]</item>
> + <item>Hour [0,23]</item>
> + <item>Day of the month [1,31]</item>
> + <item>Month of the year [1,12]</item>
> + <item>Day of the week ([0,6] with 0=Sunday)</item>
> + <item>Username</item>
> + <item>Command to be run</item>
> + </enumlist>
> + Ranges of numbers are allowed. Ranges are two numbers
> + separated with a hyphen. The specified range is inclusive.
> + Lists are allowed. A list is a set of numbers (or ranges)
> + separated by commas. Step values can be used in conjunction
> + with ranges.
> + </p>
>
> <p>
> - The scripts or crontab entries in these directories should
> + The scripts or <tt>crontab</tt> entries in these directories should
> check if all necessary programs are installed before they
> try to execute them. Otherwise, problems will arise when a
> package was removed but not purged since configuration files
> - are kept on the system in this situation.</p>
> + are kept on the system in this situation.
> + </p>
> +
> + <p>
> + Any <tt>cron</tt> daemon must provide
> + <file>/usr/bin/crontab</file> and support normal
> + <tt>crontab</tt> entries as specified in POSIX. The daemon
> + must also support names for days and months, ranges, and
> + step values. It has to support <file>/etc/crontab</file>,
> + and correctly execute the scripts in
> + <file>/etc/cron.d</file>. The daemon must also correctly
> + execute scripts in
> + <file>/etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}</file>.
> + </p>
> </sect>
>
> <sect id="menus">
> diff --git a/virtual-package-names-list.txt b/virtual-package-names-list.txt
> index d1beab8..9ba66e5 100644
> --- a/virtual-package-names-list.txt
> +++ b/virtual-package-names-list.txt
> @@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ System
> other applications
> time-daemon anything that serves as a time daemon
> ups-monitor anything that is capable of controlling an UPS
> + cron-daemon Any cron daemon that correctly follows policy requirements
>
> Documentation
> -------------
> @@ -315,3 +316,6 @@ Russ Allbery:
> Rename inetd-superserver to inet-superserver
> 2 Dec 2007 Added ttf-japanese-gothic
> Added ttf-japanese-mincho
> +
> +Manoj Srivastava:
> + 21 Nov 2009 (Re)Added cron-daemon
> --
Seconded.
Kurt
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