Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 21:15:48 +0100 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to test out cron.c changes? (was: cvs commit: src/etc crontab) Message-ID: <20001220211548.T253@speedy.gsinet> In-Reply-To: <20001205225656.Z27042@speedy.gsinet>; from Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net on Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 10:56:56PM %2B0100 References: <200011191816.KAA81473@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001119214008.Z27042@speedy.gsinet> <20001120143658.B4415@netmode.ece.ntua.gr> <20001120193326.C27042@speedy.gsinet> <20001205225656.Z27042@speedy.gsinet>
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[ ... reminder after two weeks of silence ... ] On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 22:56 +0100, Gerhard Sittig wrote: > > [ I'm not subscribed to -hackers, please keep CC'ing me; thanks! ] > > [ ... ] > > This took the DST handling code of OpenBSD's cron, leaving the > other diffs / details (capabilities, logging, errno handling, gcc > work arounds, formatting, pipe/env etc stuff) aside. > > But what keeps me from feeding the changes back into the FreeBSD > project by means of send-pr(1) is that I don't want to do so > before testing that everything works as it should. That's where > I fail miserably: > > [ ... ] > > I'm lost. Please advise on how to best test this scenario. > Without local tests I definitely won't publish the patch (don't > feel at all like bothering others with code which doesn't work in > its basic functionality). > > Having the logic in cron itself would eliminate the never ending > discussion bubbling up twice a year on why cronjobs didn't run / > ran multiple times and where to move daily cronjobs to (ending up > every time with the result that _no_ time suits _all_ the FreeBSD > users -- there simply are way too many of them ... :). The full story can be found at http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=211030+217815+/usr/local/www/db/text/2000/freebsd-hackers/20001210.freebsd-hackers virtually yours 82D1 9B9C 01DC 4FB4 D7B4 61BE 3F49 4F77 72DE DA76 Gerhard Sittig true | mail -s "get gpg key" Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net -- If you don't understand or are scared by any of the above ask your parents or an adult to help you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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