Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 12:43:59 -0800 (PST) From: Kenyon Ralph <kenyon@kenyonralph.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/142275: [patch] sysutils/anacron should have better configuration hints Message-ID: <20100103204359.83AEF39884@gauss.kenyonralph.com> Resent-Message-ID: <201001032050.o03Ko1eU076823@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 142275 >Category: ports >Synopsis: [patch] sysutils/anacron should have better configuration hints >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jan 03 20:50:01 UTC 2010 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Kenyon Ralph >Release: FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE amd64 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD gauss.kenyonralph.com 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #0 r200959: Thu Dec 24 12:30:25 PST 2009 root@gauss.kenyonralph.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: Anacron's pkg-message configuration hints should mention that anacron should be run periodically, not just at boot time. If it's not run periodically, then a system which is up for several days without rebooting will not have its anacron jobs run at all. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- /usr/ports/sysutils/anacron/files/pkg-message.in 2005-06-16 08:51:38.000000000 -0700 +++ pkg-message.in 2010-01-03 12:25:02.000000000 -0800 @@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ - Edit %%PREFIX%%/etc/anacrontab - Deactivate the 'periodic' commands in /etc/crontab - Add anacron_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf +- Add a daily invocation of anacron to /etc/crontab such as this: + 30 10 * * * root /usr/local/etc/rc.d/anacron start > /dev/null - Read anacron(8) and anacrontab(5) >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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