[Nix-dev] Re: cron

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 11:56:23AM +0200, Lluís Batlle i Rossell wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> taking a look at the 'cron' possibilities on nixos, I've seen:
> - Vixie cron is enabled always
> - Vixie cron cannot reach any sendmail program (it has hardcoded paths to LSB)
> - Fcron can be enabled
> - Fcron is built in nixpkgs with "--with-sendmail=/var/setuid-wrappers/sendmail"
> - My system, that runs postfix, has no 'sendmail' program in the path.
> - Another system, that does not run postfix, also has no sendmail program in
>   the path.
> 
> Am I missing something obvious, or is the cron (related to mail) totally broken?
> 
> We can meet on irc or discuss here some proposals on how to fix this. Or if
> anyone feels like knowing how to improve the situation, please commit. :)

I decided to make an attempt to improving the situation and commit it. I think I
did not break functionality, either for cron or fcron users.

So, I'm happy with how it works now.

Regards,
Lluís.