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FS#32192 - [cronie] package does not start /etc/cron.daily, cron.monthly and cron.weekly tasks

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Marc Rechté (mrechte) - Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 05:30 GMT
Last edited by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 07:32 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Gaetan Bisson (vesath)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
The package includes an /etc/cron.d/0hourly crontab to start hourly scripts put in /etc/cron.hourly.
One would expect such tabs for cron.daily, cron.monthly and cron.weekly too.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
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Closed by  Gaetan Bisson (vesath)
Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 07:32 GMT
Reason for closing:  Works for me
Additional comments about closing:  Read /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron
Comment by Daniel Wallace (gtmanfred) - Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 06:16 GMT
nevermind I miss read what the file did
Comment by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 07:31 GMT
The cronie package ships /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron and therefore cronie is run in anacron mode every hour; this is what takes care of running /etc/cron.{daily,weekly,monthly}.

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