Re: feature patch -> replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/

2014-04-20 Thread Henning Brauer
* Sélène [2014-04-11 12:25]: > Le 2014-04-09 00:48, czark...@gmail.com a écrit : > >Remy said: > >>here is a simple patch to replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/. > > > >FWIW why? > > I find it far easier to have multiples crontab files in /etc/cron.d/ i find /dev/var/local/etc.d/$hostname/etc/c

Re: feature patch -> replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/

2014-04-11 Thread Ted Unangst
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 12:05, Sélène wrote: > Le 2014-04-09 00:48, czark...@gmail.com a écrit : >> Remy said: >>> here is a simple patch to replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/. >> >> FWIW why? > > I find it far easier to have multiples crontab files in /etc/cron.d/ > than keeping a single cron

Re: feature patch -> replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/

2014-04-11 Thread Sélène
Le 2014-04-11 14:21, Tomas Bodzar a écrit : On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Sélène wrote: Le 2014-04-09 00:48, czark...@gmail.com a écrit : Remy said: here is a simple patch to replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/. FWIW why? I find it far easier to have multiples crontab files

Re: feature patch -> replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/

2014-04-11 Thread Tomas Bodzar
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Sélène wrote: > Le 2014-04-09 00:48, czark...@gmail.com a écrit : > > Remy said: >> >>> here is a simple patch to replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/. >>> >> >> FWIW why? >> > > I find it far easier to have multiples crontab files in /etc/cron.d/ than > keep

Re: feature patch -> replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/

2014-04-11 Thread Sélène
Le 2014-04-09 00:48, czark...@gmail.com a écrit : Remy said: here is a simple patch to replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/. FWIW why? I find it far easier to have multiples crontab files in /etc/cron.d/ than keeping a single crontab. At works, we are heavily using crontabs, and when we u

Re: feature patch -> replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/

2014-04-08 Thread System Administrator
wasn't the "registry database" a dead giveaway??? On 8 Apr 2014 at 17:22, Dag Richards wrote: > all sarcasm on my part. > hate the whole /etc/hourly /etc/daily /etc/whim-time cron crap > > was happy to see Theo's reaction. Was jerking the list's chain. > > > sven falempin wrote: > > Look what

Re: feature patch -> replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/

2014-04-08 Thread Dag Richards
all sarcasm on my part. hate the whole /etc/hourly /etc/daily /etc/whim-time cron crap was happy to see Theo's reaction. Was jerking the list's chain. sven falempin wrote: Look what linux are accepting now : stuff like systemd, how modern ! and so nicely done ! Maybe having a .d looks .damne

Re: feature patch -> replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/

2014-04-08 Thread sven falempin
Look what linux are accepting now : stuff like systemd, how modern ! and so nicely done ! Maybe having a .d looks .damned cool but does it really solve something ? New is not better, modern surely isn't. If there is a way for OpenBSD to move to a cron.d it probably needs a nice explanation : -

Re: feature patch -> replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/

2014-04-08 Thread czarkoff
Remy said: > here is a simple patch to replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/. FWIW why? -- Dmitrij D. Czarkoff

Re: feature patch -> replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/

2014-04-08 Thread Nick Holland
On 04/08/14 16:35, Remy wrote: > Hi guys, > > here is a simple patch to replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/. > You need to manually mkdir /etc/cron.d. > um. eight days late. I look forward to your contribution next year, but try to hit the right date next time. Nick.

Re: feature patch -> replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/

2014-04-08 Thread Dag Richards
No Theo I don't think understand, if you accept the patch then you will be more like Ubuntu and other MODERN operating systems. Why put everything in a single easily readable file, when you can split it up in to multiple directories. Which reminds me when are you going to ditch /etc for a nic

Re: feature patch -> replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/

2014-04-08 Thread Theo de Raadt
In your dreams. > here is a simple patch to replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/. > You need to manually mkdir /etc/cron.d. > > > --- pathnames_original.hMon Apr 7 22:31:53 2014 > +++ pathnames.h Tue Apr 8 16:12:30 2014 > @@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ > #define PIDFILE"cron.pid"

feature patch -> replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/

2014-04-08 Thread Remy
Hi guys, here is a simple patch to replace /etc/crontab by /etc/cron.d/. You need to manually mkdir /etc/cron.d. --- pathnames_original.hMon Apr 7 22:31:53 2014 +++ pathnames.h Tue Apr 8 16:12:30 2014 @@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ #define PIDFILE"cron.pid" #define _PATH_CRON_PID