Bug 83564

Summary:	vcron demands use of syslogd
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Axel Reimann <axel.privat>
Component:	[OLD] baselayout	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Axel Reimann 2005-02-28 08:09:28 UTC

On my box, I'm using metalog as system logger.
Now, I cannot start vcron, since vcron's start script tells me:
>/etc/init.d/vcron start
 * sysklogd -> start: syslogd ...
start-stop-daemon: stat /usr/sbin/syslogd: No such file or directory
 * Failed to start syslogd                                                [ !! ]
 * ERROR:  Problem starting needed services.
 *         "vcron" was not started.

Luckily there is an alternative to vcron: vixie-cron
>/etc/init.d/vixie-cron start
 * Starting vixie-cron ...                                                [ ok ]

Comment 1 Sven Wegener gentoo-dev

2005-02-28 08:19:39 UTC

Please use the vixie-cron init script and remove the vcron init script.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 45981 ***