10409 2002-11-07 18:42 0000 root receives alot of mails from /usr/sbin/run-crons 2005-07-17 13:06:51 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Core system 1.4_rc1 x86 Linux RESOLVED DUPLICATE P2 major --- 1 j_r_fonseca@yahoo.co.uk bug-wranglers@gentoo.org j_r_fonseca@yahoo.co.uk 2002-11-07 18:42:30 0000 There seems to be some kind of race-condition in /usr/bin/run-crons which causes the script to miss /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly right under its nose, and root receives frequently emails all like: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From root@localhost.localdomain Thu Nov 7 19:00:01 2002 Return-Path: <root@localhost.localdomain> Delivered-To: root@localhost.localdomain Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 0) id 6301227FA1; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:00:01 +0000 (WET) From: root@localhost.localdomain (Cron Daemon) To: root@localhost.localdomain Subject: Cron <root@localhost> test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root> Message-Id: <20021107190001.6301227FA1@localhost.localdomain> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:00:01 +0000 (WET) Status: RO Content-Length: 69 Lines: 1 find: /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly: No such file or directory ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The race condition is not really a big deal. The constant mails are. A easy solution is to replace find /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.$BASE $TIME -exec rm {} \; by find /var/spool/cron/lastrun/ -name cron.$BASE $TIME -exec rm {} \; and find will no longer complaint if it can't find the cron.hourly file and everything will proceed as normal. j_r_fonseca@yahoo.co.uk 2002-11-07 18:43:54 0000 Created an attachment (id=5464) run-crons.diff vapier@gentoo.org 2002-11-07 20:11:45 0000 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 8506 *** 5464 2002-11-07 18:43 0000 run-crons.diff run-crons.diff text/plain LS0tIHJ1bi1jcm9ucy5vbGQJMjAwMi0wOC0yOCAwOTo1NDowNS4wMDAwMDAwMDAgKzAxMDAKKysr IHJ1bi1jcm9ucwkyMDAyLTExLTA4IDAwOjQzOjQwLjAwMDAwMDAwMCArMDAwMApAQCAtNDUsNyAr NDUsNyBAQAogCQkjPj0gMzAgZGF5cywgNSBtaW4gLT0+ICs0MzIwNCBtaW4KIAkJVElNRT0iLWNt aW4gKzQzMjA0IiA7OwogCWVzYWMKLQlmaW5kIC92YXIvc3Bvb2wvY3Jvbi9sYXN0cnVuL2Nyb24u JEJBU0UgJFRJTUUgLWV4ZWMgcm0ge30gXDsKKwlmaW5kIC92YXIvc3Bvb2wvY3Jvbi9sYXN0cnVu IC1uYW1lIGNyb24uJEJBU0UgJFRJTUUgLWV4ZWMgcm0ge30gXDsKICAgICBmaQogCiAgICAgIyBp ZiB0aGVyZSBpcyBubyB0b3VjaCBmaWxlLCBtYWtlIG9uZSB0aGVuIHJ1biB0aGUgc2NyaXB0cyAK