Re: fcron as cron
* Henrique de Moraes Holschuh:
> If you don't need SELinux integration, I think upstream fcron will be able
> to handle a large number of jobs just fine. However, fcron is in deep
> maintenance mode upstream,
Just like the default cron (and upstream even asked everyone to retire
that code base long ago). *sigh*
> and there are newer cron alternatives that are being actively
> developed such as bcron. It is probably worth it to check them out
> first.
Hmm. bcron hasn't got time zone support, only improved DST handling
(which OpenBSD seems to have implemented for Vixie cron, too).
>> I'm mainly interested in time zone support because our systems run on
>> UTC, but we have jobs which need to run daily according to local time
>> and our current workarounds aren't nice (hourly execution with an
>> additional check, or edit the entries twice a year).
>
> I don't think fcron does much to help you with this use case, but it has
> been some time since I last read through its full documentation.
The documentation suggests that it's supported.
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