[arch-general] Change Arch's default crond

[Heiko Baums]

Am Thu, 7 Apr 2011 13:07:17 +1000
schrieb Simon Perry <arch at sanxion.net>:

> On 06/04/11, Thomas S Hatch wrote:
> 
> | Right, both are viable choices, btw I will be migrating my
> datacenters away | from dcron in the near future and doing a series
> of tests on cronie and | fcron, I will post my findings to the list.
> 
> Here's one reason I stopped using fcron and went to cronie:
> 
> | 2.2.12. How can I emulate a Vixie cron @reboot entry?
> | 
> | You should use a line similar to the following one:
> | 
> | @volatile,first(1) BIG-period /your/command
> | 
> | This will run /your/command one minute after every reboot.
> 
> Bizarre.

And this doesn't work in dcron, at least not as reliable as
the equivalent &bootrun of fcron. And that's one point why fcron is
much better than dcron. Are you sure that this is working in cronie? If
yes, are you sure that this works in cronie as reliable as in fcron?

Heiko