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Package: cron
Version: 3.0pl1-101
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 9.1.1 (FHS)
At least since updating to this version of cron on kfreebsd-amd64 (maybe
earlier), cron seems to look for the pid in /etc/crond.pid which
doesn't work. It argues about it as follows:
18/0/0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:pts/ttyp0 11:25:36 [~] # /etc/init.d/cron stop
Stopping periodic command scheduler: crond failed!
19/0/0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:pts/ttyp0 11:38:39 [~] # /etc/init.d/cron start
Starting periodic command scheduler: crond/usr/sbin/cron: can't lock
/etc/crond.pid, otherpid may be 6898: Resource temporarily unavailable
failed!
20/0/0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:pts/ttyp0 11:38:44 [~] #
So this are three bugs in one. ;-)
a) The usage of /etc/crond.pid violates the FHS and therefore the Debian
Policy Manual, section 9.1.1
b) The init.d script is unable to stop or restart crond.
c) The init.d script does not return an exit code unequal to zero if it
fails (see the prompts above).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
Architecture: kfreebsd-amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: kFreeBSD 7.0-1-amd64-generic
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages cron depends on:
ii adduser 3.105 add and remove users and groups
ii debianutils 2.28.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii libc0.1 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii lsb-base 3.1-24 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
Versions of packages cron recommends:
ii postfix [mail-transport-agent 2.4.6-4 High-performance mail transport ag
-- no debconf information
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Source: cron
Source-Version: 3.0pl1-102
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
cron, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
cron_3.0pl1-102.diff.gz
to pool/main/c/cron/cron_3.0pl1-102.diff.gz
cron_3.0pl1-102.dsc
to pool/main/c/cron/cron_3.0pl1-102.dsc
cron_3.0pl1-102_i386.deb
to pool/main/c/cron/cron_3.0pl1-102_i386.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated cron
package)
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Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:08:11 +0100
Source: cron
Binary: cron
Architecture: source i386
Version: 3.0pl1-102
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
cron - management of regular background processing
Closes: 459952 460514
Changes:
cron (3.0pl1-102) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Modify pathnames.h so that GNU/KFreeBSD is detected and /var/run is
used instead of /etc/ to store the PID file (Closes: #460514)
* Modify the init.d script so that it uses /etc/cron.pid as its pidfile
if it exists, this will prevent the init.d script from failing if
cron is compiled in a system which does not get to define _PATH_RUN
as /var/run
* Fix typo in changelog (Closes: 459952)
Files:
6bccdd0d45794e82f165a3340a7a3411 685 admin important cron_3.0pl1-102.dsc
a338971a0c7e67eb068ce9fb42fc22d2 69506 admin important cron_3.0pl1-102.diff.gz
57da7e2aebb095a0bf9495ceb5d40c67 80034 admin important cron_3.0pl1-102_i386.deb
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