cvs commit: ports/sysutils Makefile ports/sysutils/runwhen Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/sysutils/runwhen/files patch-compile

[Sergei Kolobov]

sergei      2003/11/01 12:50:36 PST

  FreeBSD ports repository

  Modified files:
    sysutils             Makefile 
  Added files:
    sysutils/runwhen     Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist 
    sysutils/runwhen/files patch-compile 
  Log:
  Add runwhen 2003.10.31, tools for running commands at particular times.
  
  The biggest difference between runwhen and other schedulers is that
  runwhen doesn't have a single daemon overseeing multiple jobs.
  The runwhen tools essentially act as a glorified sleep command.
  Perhaps runwhen does nothing that at(1) doesn't, and there are
  lots of things at(1) does that runwhen doesn't:
  
  - runwhen doesn't change user IDs - thus it will never run
    anything as the wrong user.
  - It doesn't keep a central daemon running at all times -
    thus it won't break if that daemon dies.
  - It doesn't require any modifications to the system boot procedure.
  - It doesn't log through syslog(3) - thus it won't make a mess
    on the console if syslogd(1) isn't running.
  - It doesn't centralize storage of scheduled jobs (or any other
    per-job information) - thus unprivileged users can install and use it
    without cooperation from root, and without the use of a setuid program
    to handle changes.
  - It doesn't send output through mail - thus it doesn't break
    if there is no mail system installed.
  - It doesn't check access control files - thus it doesn't gratuitously
    deny users.
  
  Author: Paul Jarc <prj at po.cwru.edu>
  WWW:    http://multivac.cwru.edu/runwhen/
  
  PR:             58789
  Submitted by:   David Thiel <lx at redundancy.redundancy.org>
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.445     +1 -0      ports/sysutils/Makefile
  1.1       +44 -0     ports/sysutils/runwhen/Makefile (new)
  1.1       +1 -0      ports/sysutils/runwhen/distinfo (new)
  1.1       +14 -0     ports/sysutils/runwhen/files/patch-compile (new)
  1.1       +24 -0     ports/sysutils/runwhen/pkg-descr (new)
  1.1       +16 -0     ports/sysutils/runwhen/pkg-plist (new)