/etc/default/cron and /etc/cron.daily/standard are inconsistent

Bug #1078607 reported by Tamas Papp
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
cron (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

default file says:

# This file has been deprecated. [...]

Although in the file /etc/cron.daily/standard:

# Don't continue if user wants to skip lost+found check
if [ -f /etc/default/cron ]; then
    . /etc/default/cron
    [ "$CHECK_LOSTFOUND" = "no" ] && exit 0
fi

I see 3 options:

1. Removing deprecated flag.
2. Removing lost+found check.
3. Putting this info to a different place.

I suggest option #2.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cron 3.0pl1-120ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 14 08:23:00 2012
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: cron
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.default.cron:
 # This file has been deprecated. Please add custom options for cron to
 # /etc/init/cron.conf and/or /etc/init/cron.override directly. See
 # the init(5) man page for more information.

 CHECK_LOSTFOUND = no
mtime.conffile..etc.default.cron: 2012-11-14T08:22:21.810854

Revision history for this message
Tamas Papp (tompos) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in cron (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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