Package: cron Version: 3.0pl1-101 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 9.1.1 (FHS)
At least since updating to this version of cron on kfreebsd-amd64 (maybe earlier), cron seems to look for the pid in /etc/crond.pid which doesn't work. It argues about it as follows: 18/0/0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:pts/ttyp0 11:25:36 [~] # /etc/init.d/cron stop Stopping periodic command scheduler: crond failed! 19/0/0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:pts/ttyp0 11:38:39 [~] # /etc/init.d/cron start Starting periodic command scheduler: crond/usr/sbin/cron: can't lock /etc/crond.pid, otherpid may be 6898: Resource temporarily unavailable failed! 20/0/0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:pts/ttyp0 11:38:44 [~] # So this are three bugs in one. ;-) a) The usage of /etc/crond.pid violates the FHS and therefore the Debian Policy Manual, section 9.1.1 b) The init.d script is unable to stop or restart crond. c) The init.d script does not return an exit code unequal to zero if it fails (see the prompts above). -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid Architecture: kfreebsd-amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: kFreeBSD 7.0-1-amd64-generic Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages cron depends on: ii adduser 3.105 add and remove users and groups ii debianutils 2.28.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc0.1 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.1-24 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip Versions of packages cron recommends: ii postfix [mail-transport-agent 2.4.6-4 High-performance mail transport ag -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
