Bug#1061155: closed by Debian FTP Masters (reply to Georges Khaznadar ) (Bug#1061155: fixed in cron 3.0pl1-186)

Jonathan H N Chin a écrit : > Since there is an existing "standard" for crontab error reporting > ( check_error() diagnostic + non-zero exit ), I am suggesting > not inventing a new one ( warning message + zero exit ). Looks fine; I shall use check_error() in the future release (3.0pl1-187) Best

Bug#1061155: closed by Debian FTP Masters (reply to Georges Khaznadar ) (Bug#1061155: fixed in cron 3.0pl1-186)

them. -jonathan georges.khaznadar wrote: > To: Jonathan H N Chin , 1061...@bugs.debian.org > From: Georges Khaznadar > Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 14:08:08 +0100 > Subject: Re: Bug#1061155: closed by Debian FTP Masters > (reply to Georges Khaznadar > ) (Bug#1061155: fixed in cron 3.0pl1

Bug#1061155: closed by Debian FTP Masters (reply to Georges Khaznadar ) (Bug#1061155: fixed in cron 3.0pl1-186)

Dear Jonathan, what is the right message to feed back to the user? Warning ? +-+ | Warning | ? +-+ +-+ | +-+ | | | POOR MISGUIDED, YOU MADE AN ERROR ! | | ? | +-+ |

Bug#1061155: closed by Debian FTP Masters (reply to Georges Khaznadar ) (Bug#1061155: fixed in cron 3.0pl1-186)

Hi, I just received the new package and tried it. Thanks. It detects unacceptable MAILTO/MAILFROM, but because unacceptable values will cause an error later, issuing only a warning feels inadequate to me. For usability, perhaps it would be better to use check_error(). Currently, warnings could