Your message dated Wed, 13 Sep 2023 09:12:50 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#1051805: fixed in systemd-cron 2.1.3-1 has caused the Debian Bug report #1051805, regarding systemd-cron: shell redirect not working in crontab entries to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: systemd-cron Version: 2.1.2-1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, I can put a simple command with a redirect to a file or /dev/null, and systemd-cron continues to email the output of the command. See the following excerpt from the email, which shows the command I'm running: ---- Process: 3729378 ExecStart=/bin/sh /run/systemd/generator/cron-john-john-3.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 3729378 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CPU: 28ms 2023-09-12T18:44:00+0000 nucleus.hjsoft.com systemd[1]: Starting cron-john-john-3.service - [Cron] "* * * * * ls -la > /dev/null"... 2023-09-12T18:44:00+0000 nucleus.hjsoft.com sh[3729380]: total 80 2023-09-12T18:44:00+0000 nucleus.hjsoft.com sh[3729380]: drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Aug 31 16:21 . 2023-09-12T18:44:00+0000 nucleus.hjsoft.com sh[3729380]: drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Aug 31 16:21 .. 2023-09-12T18:44:00+0000 nucleus.hjsoft.com sh[3729380]: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 5 2022 bin -> usr/bin 2023-09-12T18:44:00+0000 nucleus.hjsoft.com sh[3729380]: drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 30 2011 boot ---- I would have not expected to see the output in email. Work-around: I can get the redirect to work, if I change the cron entry to: ---- * * * * * bash -lc "ls -la > /dev/null" ---- -- Package-specific info: -- output of systemctl list-timers NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ACTIVATES Tue 2023-09-12 18:50:35 95ms ago Tue 2023-09-12 18:37:28 13min ago apt-listbugs.timer apt-listbugs.service Tue 2023-09-12 18:51:00 24s Tue 2023-09-12 18:50:00 34s ago cron-john-john-1.timer cron-john-john-1.service Tue 2023-09-12 18:51:00 24s Tue 2023-09-12 18:50:00 34s ago cron-john-john-3.timer cron-john-john-3.service Tue 2023-09-12 19:00:00 9min - - cron-sendmail-smmsp-0.timer cron-sendmail-smmsp-0.service Tue 2023-09-12 19:00:00 9min - - cron-tiger-root-0.timer cron-tiger-root-0.service Tue 2023-09-12 19:02:00 11min - - cron-logcheck-logcheck-0.timer cron-logcheck-logcheck-0.service Tue 2023-09-12 19:49:00 58min Tue 2023-09-12 18:49:00 1min 34s ago cron-debsecan-daemon-0.timer cron-debsecan-daemon-0.service Wed 2023-09-13 00:00:00 5h 9min - - cron-john-john-2.timer cron-john-john-2.service Wed 2023-09-13 00:00:00 5h 9min Tue 2023-09-12 00:00:00 18h ago logrotate.timer logrotate.service Wed 2023-09-13 01:14:21 6h Tue 2023-09-12 03:39:18 15h ago plocate-updatedb.timer plocate-updatedb.service Wed 2023-09-13 02:32:06 7h Tue 2023-09-12 13:52:16 4h 58min ago apt-daily.timer apt-daily.service Wed 2023-09-13 04:00:00 9h - - cron-backup-root-0.timer cron-backup-root-0.service Wed 2023-09-13 05:05:00 10h - - cron-john-john-0.timer cron-john-john-0.service Wed 2023-09-13 05:06:03 10h Tue 2023-09-12 05:06:03 13h ago systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service Wed 2023-09-13 05:21:04 10h Tue 2023-09-12 05:21:04 13h ago chkrootkit.timer chkrootkit.service Wed 2023-09-13 06:10:00 11h Tue 2023-09-12 06:10:00 - cron-daily-aptitude.timer cron-daily-aptitude.service Wed 2023-09-13 06:10:00 11h Tue 2023-09-12 06:10:00 - cron-daily-checksecurity.timer cron-daily-checksecurity.service Wed 2023-09-13 06:10:00 11h Tue 2023-09-12 06:10:00 - cron-daily-cleanup_mqueue.timer cron-daily-cleanup_mqueue.service Wed 2023-09-13 06:10:00 11h Tue 2023-09-12 06:10:00 - cron-daily-find.timer cron-daily-find.service Wed 2023-09-13 06:10:00 11h Tue 2023-09-12 06:10:00 - cron-daily-locate.timer cron-daily-locate.service Wed 2023-09-13 06:10:00 11h Tue 2023-09-12 06:10:00 - cron-daily-makewhatiscron.timer cron-daily-makewhatiscron.service Wed 2023-09-13 06:10:00 11h Tue 2023-09-12 06:10:00 - cron-daily-rpm.timer cron-daily-rpm.service Wed 2023-09-13 06:10:00 11h Tue 2023-09-12 06:10:00 - cron-daily-sendmail.timer cron-daily-sendmail.service Wed 2023-09-13 06:10:00 11h Tue 2023-09-12 06:10:00 - cron-daily-slocate.timer cron-daily-slocate.service Wed 2023-09-13 06:10:00 11h Tue 2023-09-12 06:10:00 - cron-daily-tripwire.timer cron-daily-tripwire.service Wed 2023-09-13 06:30:34 11h Tue 2023-09-12 06:37:30 12h ago spamassassin-maintenance.timer spamassassin-maintenance.service Wed 2023-09-13 06:51:10 12h Tue 2023-09-12 06:47:00 12h ago apt-daily-upgrade.timer apt-daily-upgrade.service Wed 2023-09-13 11:38:44 16h Tue 2023-09-12 01:09:55 17h ago man-db.timer man-db.service Sun 2023-09-17 03:10:55 4 days Sun 2023-09-10 03:11:00 2 days ago e2scrub_all.timer e2scrub_all.service Mon 2023-09-18 00:15:00 5 days Mon 2023-09-11 00:15:00 1 day 18h ago systemd-cron-cleaner.timer systemd-cron-cleaner.service Mon 2023-09-18 06:15:00 5 days Mon 2023-09-11 06:15:00 - cron-weekly-apt-xapian-index.timer cron-weekly-apt-xapian-index.service Mon 2023-09-18 06:15:00 5 days Mon 2023-09-11 06:15:00 - cron-weekly-checksecurity.timer cron-weekly-checksecurity.service Mon 2023-09-18 06:15:00 5 days Mon 2023-09-11 06:15:00 - cron-weekly-find.timer cron-weekly-find.service Mon 2023-09-18 06:15:00 5 days Mon 2023-09-11 06:15:00 - cron-weekly-locate.timer cron-weekly-locate.service Mon 2023-09-18 06:15:00 5 days Mon 2023-09-11 06:15:00 - cron-weekly-makewhatiscron.timer cron-weekly-makewhatiscron.service Mon 2023-09-18 06:15:00 5 days Mon 2023-09-11 06:15:00 - cron-weekly-mlocate.timer cron-weekly-mlocate.service Mon 2023-09-18 06:15:00 5 days Mon 2023-09-11 06:15:00 - cron-weekly-rpm.timer cron-weekly-rpm.service Mon 2023-09-18 06:15:00 5 days Mon 2023-09-11 06:15:00 - cron-weekly-slocate.timer cron-weekly-slocate.service Sun 2023-10-01 06:20:00 2 weeks 4 days Fri 2023-09-01 06:20:00 - cron-monthly-000loaddelay.timer cron-monthly-000loaddelay.service 39 timers listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive timers, too. -- output of systemd-delta -- System Information: Debian Release: trixie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-really26-rh25-20230427021705.xenU.x86_64 (SMP w/1 CPU thread) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages systemd-cron depends on: ii cron-daemon-common 3.0pl1-175 ii libc6 2.37-8 ii libssl3 3.0.10-1 ii libstdc++6 13.2.0-3 ii systemd [systemd-sysusers] 254.1-3 ii systemd-sysv 254.1-3 systemd-cron recommends no packages. Versions of packages systemd-cron suggests: ii sendmail-bin [mail-transport-agent] 8.17.2-1 -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---Source: systemd-cron Source-Version: 2.1.3-1 Done: Alexandre Detiste <[email protected]> We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of systemd-cron, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [email protected], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Alexandre Detiste <[email protected]> (supplier of updated systemd-cron package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Format: 1.8 Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:41:30 +0200 Source: systemd-cron Architecture: source Version: 2.1.3-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian Systemd Maintainers <[email protected]> Changed-By: Alexandre Detiste <[email protected]> Closes: 1051805 Changes: systemd-cron (2.1.3-1) unstable; urgency=low . * do not strip '> /dev/null' from the end of crontab anymore (Closes: #1051805) Checksums-Sha1: b530add1b3770e6c11aee7f998a52e5636394423 2170 systemd-cron_2.1.3-1.dsc 110c70d623aff454638c498ad5fb382130b5dddd 53796 systemd-cron_2.1.3.orig.tar.gz f2035120c41cb41980ff6d3a889994ea333f66cd 10192 systemd-cron_2.1.3-1.debian.tar.xz be68e60f58555a8c5e9edc94ec8ce4d3f4ac29ef 6744 systemd-cron_2.1.3-1_source.buildinfo Checksums-Sha256: 9026a0e5751f870b1d9135c20e5ac2591be23cb247a81735a2ce180035d14ed4 2170 systemd-cron_2.1.3-1.dsc 936270e14955623e3d726d0775ec0a5957b36ced6e429f9a33ea19a1f1bd5d62 53796 systemd-cron_2.1.3.orig.tar.gz eb992071999f9a539c968274291b34dc19e0dfd2929712bc46f55b2534b1383e 10192 systemd-cron_2.1.3-1.debian.tar.xz 566dd6845d395e681bc08fc2827076b3484a3a38aff93f3ada798589e8efca08 6744 systemd-cron_2.1.3-1_source.buildinfo Files: 1dff9a52ebc965aeb7ff1a4ca24fa9c0 2170 admin optional systemd-cron_2.1.3-1.dsc a98f7781bc596e0d5bca0da04407b5f9 53796 admin optional systemd-cron_2.1.3.orig.tar.gz c6ccad68f9ae8e824bb87b260256af91 10192 admin optional systemd-cron_2.1.3-1.debian.tar.xz ec6bb7eceb42197552839d7da47e41ab 6744 admin optional systemd-cron_2.1.3-1_source.buildinfo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEj23hBDd/OxHnQXSHMfMURUShdBoFAmUBdgoACgkQMfMURUSh dBoGOhAApULOEMc8TjI4+GH0fXdflilJyclUHIHsRy3HWwd0g8f46H1LHL126ADc rURxBsYxwBaHYAgTA+CAM5JolzsLvo+/FTXUMpIeIBdaflCRafusXXUKb5A458+K Egc3ipY3ZF/hgnlv3kpV5mTLMtZYBijxRI45Kh06Ja5hQYCC9SQn76z2riiB0mxm BooCKJcdRXRDfl4AAmG1JuEgRkzjNyxnMTBMomBBDOa3paR53geY/+wZeO+iVBKl 4S9b3LlQ/d5t47G17hJ72DPMm+ouv7uwU8r7rSWicBpzgTYXvFKqftQ2CNPIJk06 TwDQFGL0hcrd1WmIeMxW6So0V8k4rhvp4slx2tUOApuCJKQKFNVTuRajBrPTuUZT d56M8tp6CD+SG117Opyugd+9wfcqn09tnjcbt55e/91IqpToPCYaZNK6i1YpOm7S sHEP3DrKnPfTD4lqhqDmJP6ALUZvTPzgYrNKeWIwxEAyiCLnWO09GsioNZ/GGGdl tbpcYBQczsMHqCWsU8fdzwyPmpSvA3uMCfyNSY3C+VywJel1uxUHsgpPN5ancDMl oI1LvERvf+YdCyhUIiyK35bTgvmd1Vk60+MI4fDoGM5McusvLtT1mdkW18lftw0T mcNa9cB61t8RPCZw3GZ+zjQd8wVw4Tdo3cz9uTPyPAm9RgvAKTc= =/gkJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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