Bug 439719 - crond does not detect changes to /etc/localtime
Summary: crond does not detect changes to /etc/localtime
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 439720
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: vixie-cron
Version: 8
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Marcela Mašláňová
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-03-30 22:44 UTC by JW
Modified: 2008-03-31 14:50 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-03-31 14:50:21 UTC
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Description JW 2008-03-30 22:44:16 UTC
Description of problem:
crond does not detect changes to /etc/localtime.  That is, should one's timezone
dst change and require upgrade of tzdata, crond continues on as if nothing has
changes.  crond needs to be restarted.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
vixie-cron-4.2-3.fc8

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. change local timezone rules for daylight-saving-time eg by upgrading tzdata rpm
  
Actual results:
crond continues as though nothing has changed

Expected results:
crond should check whether /etc/localtime timestamp has changed


Additional info:

Comment 1 Marcela Mašláňová 2008-03-31 14:50:21 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 439720 ***


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