Re: 15.0 pkgbase, heads up: cron, lpr packages

On 2024-04-24 16:18, Lexi Winter wrote:
> hello,
> 
> following the merge of these commits:
> 
> dbd0366f3434e2444792b431997dcaecfbf899ee package: move lpr into its own 
> package
> 7209444a80fd37de0e19c7cf93623f84709827e3 package: move cron into its own 
> package
> 
> you must install the new packages FreeBSD-cron or FreeBSD-lp if you need
> cron or lpr.  pkg(8) will *not* handle this automatically.
Why? Isn't cron(8) essential? pkg needs it, as do (sys)admins for 
periodic(8)?
Why would one want to remove it?

Thanks.
> 
> if you have updated pkgbase systems in the mean time, you may find that
> you have no cron (meaning no periodic, etc.).
> 
> in addition, if you upgrade to current pkgbase without installing
> FreeBSD-cron at the same time, you may find pkg(8) deletes your existing
> /etc/crontab.
> 
> the following commands should allow you to install FreeBSD-cron while
> also preserving crontab:
> 
> # pkg update
> # pkg install FreeBSD-cron
> # pkg upgrade
> 
> i apologise for the inconvenience and for not including an UPDATING
> entry for these, especially for cron.