Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:26:06 +0100 From: dt71@gmx.com To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cron(8) improvement Message-ID: <52855C0E.5040303@gmx.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmomXRuwJdKUsbgMjvEtBaDiZoCxacLXOpxhCqoVhkigL6g@mail.gmail.com> References: <52792B60.1030309@allanjude.com> <488180AE-5C23-402A-BAA4-E3263D8C52BF@kientzle.com> <1383788977.14448.44112617.6F0D61A0@webmail.messagingengine.com> <527AFAA1.1040001@allanjude.com> <CA%2B7WWSdFFk4npy0=TOWO=6RApv5-wuJASHhE87eUf52DjQrxjw@mail.gmail.com> <D260751E-85D2-4591-88E0-5EFE1821D532@orthanc.ca> <CA%2B7WWSf_%2BBg8rjLdN1j032G2P81odfmQe-Ejyq7A4CqyqPqiAA@mail.gmail.com> <527BCA55.2000207@allanjude.com> <D5199AC5-61E9-4D58-B31E-51E47F1CCFDF@orthanc.ca> <527C5D52.7030508@allanjude.com> <047405A8-B6EB-427B-A2E4-6254DD1A077B@orthanc.ca> <CA%2B7WWSfiWT4wprOS8oQS5YaeE%2BjjyxfK5fzAyFz8XMyX_J%2BoLw@mail.gmail.com> <3E6377FF-69FE-48E4-BFB1-E5095A7FA1BB@orthanc.ca> <527C6DEF.6020102@allanjude.com> <527E3EB3.6000301@FreeBSD.org> <8034B822-F903-43D1-8BF6-DFAD7C22F5B0@gsoft.com.au> <CAJ-VmomXRuwJdKUsbgMjvEtBaDiZoCxacLXOpxhCqoVhkigL6g@mail.gmail.com>
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Adrian Chadd wrote, On 11/10/2013 01:18: > I'm kinda fed up installing packages that don't enable themselves. There should be no package that needs activation, that is if you want a desktop computer, not a server. > 'pkg install xorg' is not enough to get a working xorg. You have to > enable hal and dbus and then restart (so things come up in the right > order; manually starting them doesn't work) in order to get X working. I use: hald_enable="NO" dbus_enable="NO" > Please install the cron scripts by default. Please then write up a > simple rc.conf style setup where the cron scripts can check a config > file to see if they should run. Provided that there will be - an option for every instance of a port wanting to install a cron.d script -- ie., port options plus a settable NO_CROND_SCRIPTS -- and - a fail-safe mechanism to disable all cron.d entries, ie. crond_enable="NO", I feel that installed scripts could be an option.
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