Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 12:39:06 +0200 (EET) From: Linus Sjoberg <lsjoberg@aland.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/58557: Summer/Winter-time change causes daily cron to be run twice Message-ID: <200310261039.h9QAd6Ap024748@clarke.alcom.aland.fi> Resent-Message-ID: <200310261040.h9QAeGE8046778@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 58557 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Summer/Winter-time change causes daily cron to be run twice >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Oct 26 02:40:15 PST 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Linus Sjoberg <lsjoberg@aland.net> >Release: FreeBSD 4.9-RC i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD clarke.alcom.aland.fi 4.9-RC FreeBSD 4.9-RC #16: Sat Oct 4 14:02:29 EEST 2003 root@clarke.alcom.aland.fi:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLARKE i386 >Description: When the timezone automagically changes from EEST to EET the periodical daily scripts get run twice. This results in receiving 2 copies of all email reports, and all other utility scripts getting run twice. >How-To-Repeat: Configure a machine to be in EEST with the date set to the last saturday in October and have Finnish summertime rules. At Sunday 04:00 the clock will change to 03:00 and all daily scripts will be rerun. (This since they are run at 03:01 from /etc/crontab) >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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