On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 01:36:02AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index 042e82f..76ac0d4 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -6552,13 +6552,48 @@ Reloading <var>description</var> configuration...done. > <prgn>anacron</prgn>. Thus, you should only use this > directory for jobs which may be skipped if the system is not > running.)</p> > + <p> > + Unlike <file>crontab</file> files described in the IEEE Std > + 1003.1-2008 (POSIX.1) available from > + <url id="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/"; > + name="The Open Group">, the files in > + <file>/etc/cron.d</file> and the file > + <file>/etc/crontab</file> have seven fields; namely: > + <enumlist> > + <item>Minute [0,59]</item> > + <item>Hour [0,23]</item> > + <item>Day of the month [1,31]</item> > + <item>Month of the year [1,12]</item> > + <item>Day of the week ([0,6] with 0=Sunday)</item> > + <item>Username</item> > + <item>Command to be run</item> > + </enumlist> > + Ranges of numbers are allowed. Ranges are two numbers > + separated with a hyphen. The specified range is inclusive. > + Lists are allowed. A list is a set of numbers (or ranges) > + separated by commas. Step values can be used in conjunction > + with ranges. > + </p> > > <p> > - The scripts or crontab entries in these directories should > + The scripts or <tt>crontab</tt> entries in these directories should > check if all necessary programs are installed before they > try to execute them. Otherwise, problems will arise when a > package was removed but not purged since configuration files > - are kept on the system in this situation.</p> > + are kept on the system in this situation. > + </p> > + > + <p> > + Any <tt>cron</tt> daemon must provide > + <file>/usr/bin/crontab</file> and support normal > + <tt>crontab</tt> entries as specified in POSIX. The daemon > + must also support names for days and months, ranges, and > + step values. It has to support <file>/etc/crontab</file>, > + and correctly execute the scripts in > + <file>/etc/cron.d</file>. The daemon must also correctly > + execute scripts in > + <file>/etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}</file>. > + </p> > </sect> > > <sect id="menus"> > diff --git a/virtual-package-names-list.txt b/virtual-package-names-list.txt > index d1beab8..9ba66e5 100644 > --- a/virtual-package-names-list.txt > +++ b/virtual-package-names-list.txt > @@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ System > other applications > time-daemon anything that serves as a time daemon > ups-monitor anything that is capable of controlling an UPS > + cron-daemon Any cron daemon that correctly follows policy > requirements > > Documentation > ------------- > @@ -315,3 +316,6 @@ Russ Allbery: > Rename inetd-superserver to inet-superserver > 2 Dec 2007 Added ttf-japanese-gothic > Added ttf-japanese-mincho > + > +Manoj Srivastava: > + 21 Nov 2009 (Re)Added cron-daemon > --
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