Re: Two unrelated problems with cron
On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Kevin McEnhill wrote:
> The other problem I have is in updating cron. I downloaded
> cron_3.0pl1-38.deb from ftp.debian.org and used 'dpkg --install'. Well dpkg
> crashes with the following message.
>
> bash# dpkg --pending --configure
> Setting up cron (3.0pl1-38) ...
> /usr/sbin/cron: can't lock /var/run/crond.pid, otherpid may be 5014: Try
> again
# kill 5014
(resume install mode in dselect)
Just did it last night on two machines, each of which seem to have
successfully survived a reboot later in the night.
--Pete
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Peter J. Templin, Jr. Client Services Analyst
Computer & Communication Services tel: (717) 524-1590
Bucknell University templin@bucknell.edu
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