From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C4F4138A1F for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:17:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DEB59E0BC1; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:17:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1B44E0B2C for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:17:37 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,880,1389744000"; d="scan'208";a="65356653" Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.89]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 17 Apr 2014 18:17:38 +0100 Received: from [192.168.11.101] (unknown [192.168.11.101]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C646AC6B7 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 18:11:52 +0100 (BST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.2 \(1874\)) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] app-admin/mcelog daily cronjob? From: Stroller In-Reply-To: <20140417132854.49c55a7e@digimed.co.uk> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 18:17:35 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <931458D2-51AE-47CF-97B2-8DD1EFBBE56A@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <20140417094912.4fce8182@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <14AE7A1F-7274-4397-8D3B-3CABCAFF9BD6@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <20140417132854.49c55a7e@digimed.co.uk> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1874) X-Archives-Salt: ac10ffd0-3f35-44df-a3a9-42cbecd43ef4 X-Archives-Hash: 56c9954ec4cd0ea3b516d72e99bc79c8 On Thu, 17 April 2014, at 1:28 pm, Neil Bothwick = wrote: > On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:15:57 +0100, Stroller wrote: >> ... >> If this is the cause I would assume that everybody would be seeing = the >> same error message.=20 >=20 > That assumes that everybody has mcelog installed, they don't. Since I don't recall installing it, I assume that this is now being = shipped as part of world. So, yes, I would expect a lot of people to be seeing the problem. > ... >> I'm pretty sure a cron USE flag is in use elsewhere, I think it would >> be better to have an option to install the package without the cron >> script, rather than having to delete it manually each time one = upgrades >> the package. >=20 > That's a fair point, except you don't have to delete anything. If the > execute permission is not set, the script does not run. I think it's reasonable not to expect a daily error message from default = settings which the user hasn't been advised to configure.=20 I don't know whether the script is being run or not, but assuming this = package is causing this error message (which is the assumption under = which you made this reply), the error is being produced.=20 Stroller.