Description of problem: Maybe crontabs should Requires /etc/cron.d? That way either cronie or fcron-watch-config would be installed as a dependency. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
I've also some plans with requires in crontabs and other related packages. Do you think it's correct to look after jobs in cron.d, which is owned by cronie? I don't say that it can't be done, but IMHO user should read manual and set it up correctly. What do you think?
(In reply to comment #1) > I've also some plans with requires in crontabs and other related packages. Do > you think it's correct to look after jobs in cron.d, which is owned by cronie? > I don't say that it can't be done, but IMHO user should read manual and set it > up correctly. What do you think? I don't really understand your question. Are you saying that fcron-watch-config should not look in /etc/cron.d? Or that a user should know that he needs to install a scheduler, be it cronie or fcron-watch-config? In any case I don't think /etc/crontab from crontabs should look in /etc/cron.d, it is right as it is now.
Having crontabs requiring /etc/cron.d means that you can't do a minimal install without cron, sendmail, etc anymore. There's nothing about crontabs that requires /etc/cron.d, so requiring it really is kind of overkill. Yes, you don't get working cron unless you have a cron daemon installed, but if I have it chkconfig'd off, they don't run either.