severity 620392 wishlist thanks Hi Adam,
On 04/01/2011 07:26 PM, Adam Heath wrote:
> package: cron
> version: 3.0pl1-106
>
> cron has no depends on any mta; instead, it just has a recommends.
> However, when no mta is installed, the output of the job being run gets
> thrown away. This is very bad, and makes debugging things difficult.
>
> I suggest that in this case the output should be sent to syslog, at the
> least.
Well... that's exactly why we recommend an MTA. Also, you can always
redirect output of jobs youself:
0 12 * * * command >/path/to/out 2>/path/to/err
Logging to syslog could be an idea worth entertaining, but it would have
to be implemented via a configurable option.
Christian
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