Comment 4 for bug 2044015

This bug was fixed in the package cron - 3.0pl1-178ubuntu1

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cron (3.0pl1-178ubuntu1) noble; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian unstable (LP: #2044015). Remaining changes:
    - debian/control: Move MTA to Suggests field.
    - debian/cron.default: change to a deprecated message to make it clear
      that the file is no longer in use.
    - d/p/f/inherit-path.patch: Add -P option to inherit PATH from environment,
      thanks to Tom Jones for the patch
    - Inherit PATH by default:
      + debian/crontab.main: Stop setting PATH
      + debian/cron.service, debian/cron.init: Pass -P to cron
  * Drop changes:
    - debian/tests/compare-with-old-cron-files: Compare against cron package
      shipped in Ubuntu Jammy instead of that shipped in Debian Bullseye
      [ Test removed in 3.0pl1-167 ]

cron (3.0pl1-178) unstable; urgency=medium

  * checked that debian/crontab.main keeps /bin and /sbin in the PATH.
    Closes: #1051138
  * modified crontab.c, so `crontab -l` emits a COLOR_RESET escape sequence
    to a tty unconditionaly at the end of the lines, to prevent prompt
    corruption later. Closes: #1054327

cron (3.0pl1-177) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Included Alexander Schwinn's PR: this is about checking steps in crontabs,
    to prevent insane divisions, like dividing one hour in more than 60 steps
    for example
  * added a new test 'step_size_out_of_bound' to check the previous change
  * modified the fake editor debian/tests/cronfiller.py so it can take in
    account an environment variable LINES to append some lines to a
    crontab file.
  * made a longer sleep (now 4 seconds) in the test
    'check-messages-sent-by-cron' to prevent random failures due to a
    heavily loaded host

cron (3.0pl1-176) unstable; urgency=medium

  * added the switch -n in the synopsis line of cron.8
  * enable debug by default (it must still be triggered by -x when
    calling cron); enabled the -N switch when DEBUGGING is enabled for
    cron.
  * documented the -x switch in cron.8
  * declared myself as maintainer
  * made a roud trip with `gbp pq import/export`, which modifies the
    debian patches (adding some information, like for example a summary
    for every modified file)
  * modified the patch features/Coloring_the_ouput_of_crontab_l.patch
    in order to touch the background color when the foregroud color is
    changed, and keep an acceptable contrast. Closes: #1053288
  * added SyslogFacility=cron in the file cron.service. Closes: #1051619

cron (3.0pl1-175) unstable; urgency=medium

  * removed the line SHELL=/usr/bin/sh from an example in crontab.5; this,
    Closes: #166533
  * according to Message-ID: <email address hidden> sent to
    <email address hidden>, this bug should be closed now ??
    Closes: #915289 anyway.
  * uncommented EXTRA_OPTS="" in debian/cron.default; Closes: #1050702

cron (3.0pl1-174) unstable; urgency=medium

  * modified the debian patch features/cron_now.patch. Removed the script
    make_cron_now.py. Added a new switch (-N) to the cron command, which
    makes it run the cron jobs once, like when a tick happens, an exit.
    Documented the new features in cron.8, removed the command cron_now and
    its manpage. Added an entry in debian/cron.NEWS. Simplified debian/rules.
    Removed the dependency on libselinux1. Closes: #1050482
  * modified the test suite to use `cron -N` instead of cron_now

cron (3.0pl1-173) unstable; urgency=medium

  * fixed the code which colorizes the output of `crontab -l`
  * added an autopkgtest for this feature

cron (3.0pl1-172) unstable; urgency=medium

  * added a dependency on libselinux1, which makes cron package unfit
    for hurd-i386
  * adopted Dan Jacobson's suggestion for "2nd Saturday" and "morning
    following the first Thursday". Closes: #854581; Closes: #820507
  * fixed the patch fixes/crontab_5_manpage.patch, which deleted too much
    lines from crontab.5
  * adopted Stéphane Blondon's patch to colorize the output of `crontab -l`
    Closes: #813614

cron (3.0pl1-171) unstable; urgency=medium

  * applied one change proposed by Helge Kreutzmann (thanks!).
    Closes: #964386

cron (3.0pl1-170) unstable; urgency=medium

  * removed the reference to the missing file debian/make_cron_now.py
    in debian/copyright, since this file is created by a debian patch now.
  * added an entry to NEWS.Debian
  * taken in account Vincent Lefevre's last reply about bug #1049964:
    simplified _PATH_DEFPATH in pathnames.h and restored debian/crontab.main
    to a reasonable content. Closes: #1049964
  * renamed one debian test, and added there a some lines to prevent a
    regression about #1049964.

cron (3.0pl1-169) unstable; urgency=medium

  * modified the patch fixes/Usr-bin-sbin.patch in order to add the
    older path /sbin, necessary for some commands.
    Closes: #1049964
  * checked that the sentence « The system administrator may create cron
    jobs in /etc/cron.d/ with file names like "local" or "local-foo" » is
    part of the file cron.8 when it is patched. Closes: #1035914

cron (3.0pl1-168) unstable; urgency=medium

  * modified the patch fixes/Usr-bin-sbin.patch in order to add the
    older path /bin, still necessary for the command /bin/run-parts.
    Closes: 1049969

cron (3.0pl1-167) unstable; urgency=medium

  * adopted Daniel Lewart's suggestion for cron.8; Closes: #035914
  * fixed crontab.5 for the example showing how to analyze the date
    for a fine timing. Closes: #1032823
  * modified debian/watch, so uscan does no longer report version 4.1 from
    Vixie as the latest to consider.
  * merged Alexandre Detiste's pull request
    https://salsa.debian.org/debian/cron/-/merge_requests/11
    Closes: #1049353

cron (3.0pl1-166) unstable; urgency=medium

  * upgraded Standards-Version: 4.6.2
  * modified the patch for crontab.5, according to Christian Buhtz' work,
    thanks! see: https://salsa.debian.org/buhtz/cron
  * reverted some of the changes brought by crontab_5_manpage.patch,
    particularly those which broke the changes made by the patch
    No-multiple-timezones.patch. Closes: #1025536
  * marked cron-daemon-common package as Multi-Arch: foreign.
    Closes: #1035314
  * modified debian/cron.init in order to consider /etc/localtime, and the
    patch features/Debian-manpage-and-doc-updates.patch
    Closes: #1038836
  * created the new patch debian/Usr-bin-sbin.patch, and mofified
    debian/crontab.main, to modernize PATHs. Closes: #1042894
  * removed the test compare-with-old-cron-files which makes less sense
    now, as novelties which it was supposed to test were accepted by a
    big number of users since the original changes, and because modernized
    paths are different from the paths defined in older crontabs.

cron (3.0pl1-165) unstable; urgency=medium

  * increased the sleep time up to 2 seconds in an autopkgtest, to let
    the MTA finalize cron_now's actions on every architecture, more
    securely.

cron (3.0pl1-164) unstable; urgency=medium

  * added a new command named cron_now; it is meant to launch cron
    jobs immediately, quite exactly as when one minute has elapsed
    with cron. A debian patch provides the file contrib/make_cron_now.py
    which derives a file cron_now.c from the source cron.c
  * wrote a man page for the command cron_now
  * modified one test for autopkgtest, to make use of cron_now
  * added a build-dependency on python3 (needed to build cron_now.c),
    and modified debian/rules to compile cron_now.

 -- Vladimir Petko <email address hidden> Tue, 21 Nov 2023 08:38:28 +1300