Control: severity -1 minor On 2016-02-14 00:36, teo8...@gmail.com wrote: > Package: cron > Version: 3.0pl1-124 > Severity: important
I downgraded the severity as objectively speaking, this is a cosmetic issue. > * What led up to the situation? > > Have a syntax error in /etc/crontab > > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? > see above > * What was the outcome of this action? > A generic useless non-informative error message is logged > in /var/log/syslog whih reads more or less (quoting by memory): > Syntax error in /etc/crontab. This file will be ignored > > * What outcome did you expect instead? > The message should at the very least include the exact row and column > where the syntax error is, and ideally a description of the error > (e.g. "XXX expected" or "invalid YYY") The built-in parser is unfortunately very basic. Implementing the above would require significant rework. Unfortunately, I don't think the benefit would justify the cost here. However, I don't want to tag this wontfix, as a patch would certainly be accepted. Regards, Christian
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