Package: cron Version: 3.0pl1-106 Severity: important
Given the following to jobs in a user's crontab: */1 * * * * echo `date +%Y-%m-%d` */1 * * * * echo $(date +%Y-%m-%d) Cron will execute this: Jan 19 21:30:01 v /USR/SBIN/CRON[8641]: (avar) CMD (echo $(date +) Jan 19 21:30:01 v /USR/SBIN/CRON[8642]: (avar) CMD (echo `date +) The commands both work as expected when typed into dash and bash. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-x86_64-linode11 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages cron depends on: ii adduser 3.112 add and remove users and groups ii debianutils 3.2.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libpam0g 1.1.0-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libselinux1 2.0.89-4 SELinux runtime shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip Versions of packages cron recommends: ii lockfile-progs 0.1.13 Programs for locking and unlocking ii postfix [mail-transport-agent 2.6.5-3 High-performance mail transport ag Versions of packages cron suggests: pn anacron <none> (no description available) pn checksecurity <none> (no description available) ii logrotate 3.7.8-4 Log rotation utility -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org