40506 – cron.daily naming convention?

Bug 40506 - cron.daily naming convention?

Summary: cron.daily naming convention?

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2004-02-05 10:59 UTC by Peter Simons
Modified:	2004-05-03 13:02 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Peter Simons 2004-02-05 10:59:06 UTC

In /etc/contab.daily, the default system installs two files: makewhatis.cron and slocate. Apparently, the .cron suffix is not required ... So I wonder whether it would be a good idea to name those files constistently either with or without that suffix? 

I'm in favor of leaving it out.

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-02-05 19:58:11 UTC

i dont know of anything else that uses .cron ... kind of dumb imo

Comment 2 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-02-08 05:55:49 UTC

man and sysklogd uses .cron.  Anybody know of anything else?

Comment 3 Peter Simons 2004-04-05 08:48:11 UTC

So, is there any chance of makeing the cron-script naming scheme consistent? Personally, I am in favor of using the .cron suffix consistently.

Comment 4 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-05-03 13:02:52 UTC

man now installs makewhatis (no .cron)