We don't need a task in cron.daily
Bug #104784 reported by
Jonh Wendell
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bsdmainutils (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
|
Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: bsdmainutils
I think we, Ubuntu users, really don't need a task in /etc/cron.daily.
Most of us don't have sendmail package, required to run that script. (We don't have a local mail agent)
We could drop that file from Ubuntu package - perhaps the whole package, but it's another bug report ;)
| Changed in bsdmainutils: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
Revision history for this message
| Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in bsdmainutils (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Won't Fix |
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It has an 'exit 0' at the top, so it doesn't hurt (cron.daily performance is not critical at this level). Some people undoubtedly find this useful - I know I used to have something like this to remind me of upcoming events. I don't think it's necessary to remove a useful piece of configuration from some Ubuntu users just because it won't work in the default installation; it might be a different matter if it got in the way of some other goal, but it doesn't seem to.