Re: cron(8) improvement

On 2013-11-07 22:46, Kimmo Paasiala wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 5:42 AM, Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon_at_orthanc.ca> wrote:
>> On Nov 7, 2013, at 19:41, Allan Jude <freebsd_at_allanjude.com> wrote:
>>
>>> it really depends on the port and what the cron
>>> is doing.
>> Why?  Can you give some specific examples?
> I don't like the idea of having untracked files installed by the rc(8)
> script. Why not install the cron.d snippet by default but leave
> everything in it commented out with instructions at the beginning to
> uncomment the contents to enable it?
>
> -Kimmo
That seems logical, and that modification will also keep the file from
being removed by the port if you did enable it (so upgrades won't
silently delete the cron)

-- 
Allan Jude