I believe that this is because crontab is using /usr/bin/editor, rather than /usr/bin/sensible-editor, as suggested by Debian policy, section 11.4 of: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-customized-programs.html
I have filed a bug and submitted a patch upstream as well: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=482284 In the mean time, I have test packages for Hardy in my PPA: https://edge.launchpad.net/~kirkland/+archive I will attach a patch in my next post for Intrepid. :-Dustin ** Changed in: cron (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson (kamion) Status: New => In Progress -- crontab not observing EDITOR or VISUAL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222830 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
