Package: cron
Version: 3.0pl1-106
Severity: important
Given the following to jobs in a user's crontab:
*/1 * * * * echo `date +%Y-%m-%d`
*/1 * * * * echo $(date +%Y-%m-%d)
Cron will execute this:
Jan 19 21:30:01 v /USR/SBIN/CRON[8641]: (avar) CMD (echo $(date +)
Jan 19 21:30:01 v /USR/SBIN/CRON[8642]: (avar) CMD (echo `date +)
The commands both work as expected when typed into dash and bash.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-x86_64-linode11 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages cron depends on:
ii adduser 3.112 add and remove users and groups
ii debianutils 3.2.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libpam0g 1.1.0-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libselinux1 2.0.89-4 SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii lsb-base 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
Versions of packages cron recommends:
ii lockfile-progs 0.1.13 Programs for locking and unlocking
ii postfix [mail-transport-agent 2.6.5-3 High-performance mail transport ag
Versions of packages cron suggests:
pn anacron <none> (no description available)
pn checksecurity <none> (no description available)
ii logrotate 3.7.8-4 Log rotation utility
-- no debconf information
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