Re: [gentoo-user] app-admin/mcelog daily cronjob?

[Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>]

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On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:39:16 +0100, Stroller wrote:

> Nevertheless, when I look at the http://mcelog.org/ homepage, specified
> in the package description, it says:
> 
>   Traditionally mcelog was run as a cronjob, but this usage is
>   deprecated now. The modern way to run it is to start it at
>   boot up time and run it always as a daemon.
> 
> I tried unmerging app-admin/mcelog and the cron.daily file is removed;
> then remerging (the latest stable version - 1.0_pre3_p20130621-r1) and
> it's reinstalled with the same permissions.
> 
> So I guess my question is: is this a bug with the app-admin/mcelog
> package?

I don't think so. If the running via cron is possible but deprecated,
proving a cron script with execute permissions disabled seems a sensible
way of covering both options.

As mcelog is not critical, why not try unmerging it for a couple of days
to see whether the messages disappear?


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Neil Bothwick

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