Bug#636463: vzctl: /etc/vz/dists/scripts/postcreate.sh randomises run-times in /etc/crontab, but not cron.d

2011-08-09 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hi Tim On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 10:27:15AM +0100, Tim Small wrote: > cc'ing openvz users mailing list, as this has been discussed there recently. > > On 04/08/11 06:36, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > > This is certainly an interesting problem. The patch is a good start but > > as we can foresee problem

Bug#636463: vzctl: /etc/vz/dists/scripts/postcreate.sh randomises run-times in /etc/crontab, but not cron.d

2011-08-09 Thread Tim Small
cc'ing openvz users mailing list, as this has been discussed there recently. On 04/08/11 06:36, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > This is certainly an interesting problem. The patch is a good start but > as we can foresee problems already now we need to find out a solution > to that before it is applied. >

Bug#636463: vzctl: /etc/vz/dists/scripts/postcreate.sh randomises run-times in /etc/crontab, but not cron.d

2011-08-03 Thread Ola Lundqvist
severity 636463 wishlist thanks Hi Tim This is certainly an interesting problem. The patch is a good start but as we can foresee problems already now we need to find out a solution to that before it is applied. There is also one other problem. It is just a very limited number of files that are a

Bug#636463: vzctl: /etc/vz/dists/scripts/postcreate.sh randomises run-times in /etc/crontab, but not cron.d

2011-08-03 Thread Tim Small
Package: vzctl Version: 3.0.24-12 Severity: normal Tags: patch I sent this a few months ago, but it seems to have been eaten by a faulty MTA setup :-(. With multiple Debian VEs installed on a host, load spikes occur corresponding with cron job execution. On investigation, it appeared that /etc/v