[arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-27 Thread Maksim Fomin via arch-general
‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On August 27, 2018 1:38 PM, Leonid Isaev via arch-general wrote: > On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 03:02:38PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > Eli, wouldn't it be easier for you to ignore people who are not as wise > > and psychologically balanced as you are? I doubt

Re: [arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 08:59:07 -0600, Leonid Isaev via arch-general wrote: >At least Eli took time to explain what actually went wrong. He also took the time to send a _signed_ mail off-list to me. I am afraid he's rather unwell. Calling me names :D and he's completely lost in a biased fantasy

Re: [arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-27 Thread Leonid Isaev via arch-general
On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 04:04:14PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 07:38:12 -0600, Leonid Isaev via arch-general wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 03:02:38PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> Eli, wouldn't it be easier for you to ignore people who are not as > >> wise and

Re: [arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 07:38:12 -0600, Leonid Isaev via arch-general wrote: >On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 03:02:38PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> Eli, wouldn't it be easier for you to ignore people who are not as >> wise and psychologically balanced as you are? I doubt that anybody >> of us is able to

Re: [arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-27 Thread Leonid Isaev via arch-general
On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 03:02:38PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Eli, wouldn't it be easier for you to ignore people who are not as wise > and psychologically balanced as you are? I doubt that anybody of us is > able to learn from your wise comments, more likely we laugh at you, > because we are

Re: [arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 07:58:33 -0400, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote: >> I have run Arch on it since 2009 -- I'm familiar with what it does. > >Just using a thing often used by intelligent, computer-savvy people, >does not *automatically* qualify you as one of them. Just using a thing >for a

Re: [arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-27 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 8/27/18 2:57 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: > On 08/26/2018 08:11 AM, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote: >> in the "avantfax_hourly" file > Yes, of course it does, > > $ head -n 2 /srv/http/avantfax/includes/phb.php I've reread these two statements eleven times, and I *still* cannot see

Re: [arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-27 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi David, > Eli wrote: > > Is there some wonderful shebang in the "avantfax_hourly" file which > > says "execute this script as a cron executable"? > > Yes, of course it does, > > $ head -n 2 /srv/http/avantfax/includes/phb.php `avantfax_hourly' != `phb.php'. > At this point the issue is

Re: [arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-27 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
Op ma 27 aug. 2018 08:57 schreef David C. Rankin < drankina...@suddenlinkmail.com>: > On 08/26/2018 08:11 AM, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote: > > Why do you think run-parts "should" execute this file as a cron script? > > Is there some wonderful shebang in the "avantfax_hourly" file which

Re: [arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-27 Thread David C. Rankin
On 08/26/2018 08:11 AM, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote: > Why do you think run-parts "should" execute this file as a cron script? > Is there some wonderful shebang in the "avantfax_hourly" file which says > "execute this script as a cron executable"? Yes, of course it does, $ head -n 2

Re: [arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-26 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Eli, > I would think that emulating the well-known behavior of "for actual > shell scripts which do not have shebangs, try using /bin/sh if no > interpreter is detected" would be a reasonable thing to do. It would be nice if that died out, just as the `first char is ':' v. '#'' test in the

Re: [arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-26 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 8/26/18 9:48 AM, SET wrote: > Le dimanche 26 août 2018 15:11:36 CEST Eli Schwartz via arch-general a écrit : >> some wonderful shebang > > Ha ! My wonderful shebang was "#/bin/sh" instead of "#!/bin/sh". > > After correcting the typo, run-parts does not complain. Yes, that helps if the

Re: [arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-26 Thread SET
Le dimanche 26 août 2018 15:11:36 CEST Eli Schwartz via arch-general a écrit : > some wonderful shebang Ha ! My wonderful shebang was "#/bin/sh" instead of "#!/bin/sh". After correcting the typo, run-parts does not complain. Thanks.

Re: [arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-26 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 8/26/18 5:49 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: > On 08/26/2018 03:37 AM, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Testing manually works fine: # ./phb.php >> It's not getting that far. > > I bet you would as root. The file is actually http:http owned, e.g. > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 http http 988 Sep 14 2016

Re: [arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-26 Thread David C. Rankin
On 08/26/2018 03:37 AM, Ralph Corderoy wrote: >>> Testing manually works fine: >>> >>> # ./phb.php > It's not getting that far. I bet you would as root. The file is actually http:http owned, e.g. -rwxr-xr-x 1 http http 988 Sep 14 2016 /srv/http/avantfax/includes/phb.php So running as root

Re: [arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-26 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi David, > > Cron run-parts /etc/cron.hourly > > > > run-parts: failed to exec /etc/cron.hourly/avantfax_hourly: Exec format > > error > > run-parts: /etc/cron.hourly/avantfax_hourly exited with return code 1 > > > > The cron job is: > > > > /etc/cron.hourly/avantfax_hourly > > > > #

Re: [arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-26 Thread SET
Le dimanche 26 août 2018 08:13:35 CEST David C. Rankin a écrit : > Cron run-parts /etc/cron.hourly > > run-parts: failed to exec /etc/cron.hourly/avantfax_hourly: Exec format > error run-parts: /etc/cron.hourly/avantfax_hourly exited with return code 1 > I had a similar error on August 17 on

[arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

2018-08-26 Thread David C. Rankin
All, After the linux-firmware update I have started receiving strange cron messages: Cron run-parts /etc/cron.hourly run-parts: failed to exec /etc/cron.hourly/avantfax_hourly: Exec format error run-parts: /etc/cron.hourly/avantfax_hourly exited with return code 1 The cron job is: