Anacron's pkg-message configuration hints should mention that anacron should be run periodically, not just at boot time. If it's not run periodically, then a system which is up for several days without rebooting will not have its anacron jobs run at all.
Maintainer of sysutils/anacron, Please note that PR ports/142275 has just been submitted. If it contains a patch for an upgrade, an enhancement or a bug fix you agree on, reply to this email stating that you approve the patch and a committer will take care of it. The full text of the PR can be found at: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/142275 -- Edwin Groothuis via the GNATS Auto Assign Tool edwin@FreeBSD.org
State Changed From-To: open->feedback Awaiting maintainers feedback (via the GNATS Auto Assign Tool)
Wow, I still fail at making it appear correctly on the web interface. This is my final attempt. It's a simple enough patch to decipher, anyway. -- Kenyon Ralph
Dear committer, please apply the following patch: diff -urN ../releases/anacron-2.3-4-20090822/files/pkg-message.in anacron/files/pkg-message.in --- ../releases/anacron-2.3-4-20090822/files/pkg-message.in 2005-06-16 17:51:38.000000000 +0200 +++ anacron/files/pkg-message.in 2010-01-21 16:09:33.000000000 +0100 @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Configuration hints: - Edit %%PREFIX%%/etc/anacrontab - Deactivate the 'periodic' commands in /etc/crontab +- Add a call to anacron to /etc/crontab, like + 0 0 * * * root %%PREFIX%%/sbin/anacron - Add anacron_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf - Read anacron(8) and anacrontab(5) diff -urN ../releases/anacron-2.3-4-20090822/pkg-descr anacron/pkg-descr --- ../releases/anacron-2.3-4-20090822/pkg-descr 2003-10-04 02:29:47.000000000 +0200 +++ anacron/pkg-descr 2010-01-28 07:44:47.000000000 +0100 @@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ Requirements - A functioning syslog daemon. - - A functioning /usr/lib/sendmail command. (all MTAs should have that). + - A functioning /usr/sbin/sendmail command. (all MTAs should have that). WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/anacron
State Changed From-To: feedback->open Maintainer has replied with patch.
Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-ports-bugs->stefan Take.
State Changed From-To: open->closed Committed, thanks!
stefan 2010-05-21 14:46:56 UTC FreeBSD ports repository Modified files: sysutils/anacron pkg-descr sysutils/anacron/files pkg-message.in Log: Improve configuration hints. PR: ports/142275 Submitted by: Kenyon Ralph <kenyon@kenyonralph.com> Patch by: submitter, maintainer Revision Changes Path 1.2 +2 -0 ports/sysutils/anacron/files/pkg-message.in 1.2 +1 -1 ports/sysutils/anacron/pkg-descr _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "cvs-all-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"