crontab entry environment variables [PSARC/2007/503 FastTrack timeo

[Darren J Moffat]

Don Cragun wrote:
> Darren,
> 	The concern is that it is not unusual for 3rd party applications
> to install crontab entries to perform periodic maintenance on log files,
> databases, etc. during off-peak hours.  If someone installs one of these
> applications that uses a shared crontab file (e.g., root) after putting
> an entry in that shared crontab file that shifts the timezone, this
> stuff may start running during peak hours.  I believe the man pages and
> release notes should warn people who install software.  The warning
> needs to specify that that crontab files may need to be manually
> editted if software installation adds crontab tntries to any shared
> crontab files if crontab timezone shifting is enabled.

Am I correct in my reading of this that you do not object to the feature 
as proposed but instead are just recommending clear documentation in the 
man pages ?   Exactly what isn't clear about the proposed man pages ? 
Do you feel you need to see final wording for this case to complete and 
be marked as approved ?

Also do you believe that a configuration knob for this functionality is 
necessary to standards reasons ?  I believe the project team and other 
arc members (myself included) would rather not have configuration of 
this at all and just have it always enabled.




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Darren J Moffat