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Date:      Fri, 29 Mar 1996 09:04:26 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /etc/localtime and screensaver?
Message-ID:  <199603282234.JAA17796@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199603280849.JAA23698@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Mar 28, 96 09:49:29 am

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J Wunsch stands accused of saying:
> 
> > This is actually expected behavior.  The same things happens to me when
> > I run ntptime on my laptop after being away for awhile.  Basically, the
> > time has changed enough so that sometimes cron jobs start up because the
> > system time is really hosed up.
> 
> That's why one should normally kill cron before changing the time, and
> restart it then.

I must say that I was of the impression that the Vixie cron we're using was
smart enough to deal with that sort of thing - certainly I've never
had any problems with it getting upset...

> cheers, J"org

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