> Fixing this in cron would not ensure mutual exclusion in the cases where these scripts are called by other means, eg manual calls.
I think we shouldn't consider external calls as this is out of cron's scope. It would be the same as I would say flock doesn't ensure mutual exclusion too as there are no guaranteed mandantory locks in the Linux kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917231 Title: Mutual exclusion for cronjobs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cron/+bug/917231/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
