Verified on lucid
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: exim4 postfix mail-transport-agent anacron logrotate checksecurity The following packages will be upgraded: cron 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded. Need to get 89.6kB of archives. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://127.0.0.1/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/main cron 3.0pl1-106ubuntu7 [89.6kB] Fetched 89.6kB in 1s (73.4kB/s) (Reading database ... 13687 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace cron 3.0pl1-106ubuntu6 (using .../cron_3.0pl1-106ubuntu7_amd64.deb) ... stop: Unknown instance: Unpacking replacement cron ... Setting up cron (3.0pl1-106ubuntu7) ... Configuration file `/etc/default/cron' ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation. ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version. What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: Y or I : install the package maintainer's version N or O : keep your currently-installed version D : show the differences between the versions Z : background this process to examine the situation The default action is to keep your current version. *** cron (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? D --- /etc/default/cron 2012-08-01 10:15:38.129819727 -0700 +++ /etc/default/cron.dpkg-new 2012-07-16 19:39:35.000000000 -0700 @@ -1,14 +1,3 @@ -# Cron configuration options - -# Uncomment this option for LSB name support in /etc/cron.d/ -LSBNAMES='-l' - -# Whether to read the system's default environment files (if present) -# This will make cron set a proper charset for the mails it sends -# Comment this or set it to something other than 'yes' to prevent -# cron from reading it. -READ_ENV="yes" - -# Extra options for cron, see cron(8) -# For example, set a higher log level to audit cron's work -# EXTRA_OPTS="-L 2" +# This file has been deprecated. Please add custom options for cron +# to /etc/init/cron.conf directly. See the init(5) man page for more +# information. Configuration file `/etc/default/cron' ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation. ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version. What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: Y or I : install the package maintainer's version N or O : keep your currently-installed version D : show the differences between the versions Z : background this process to examine the situation The default action is to keep your current version. *** cron (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? Y Installing new version of config file /etc/default/cron ... cron start/running, process 11649 ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/794082 Title: cron ignores /etc/default/cron To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cron/+bug/794082/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
