Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cron 4.1-1

[Michael Schaap <cygwin at mscha dot nl>]

On 11-Apr-2007 12:49, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
> If /usr/sbin/sendmail does not point to a mailer, the cron postinstall script
> links it to the (new) script /usr/bin/cronlog.
>   

Isn't this a bit aggressive? Cron isn't the only one who might be using 
sendmail, you know...
Might it not be better if crond would be made smart enough to run 
/usr/bin/cronlog in case /usr/sbin/sendmail doesn't exist?

Aside from that, the cron postinstall just removed my existing sendmail 
symlink (to ssmtp), leaving me without one.
Your code does:

# Link sendmail to a poor man's mailer if sendmail
# does not exist (e.g. dangling symlink)
# Handle the .exe mess
[ -e /usr/sbin/sendmail -o -e /usr/sbin/sendmail.exe ] ||
ln -sf /usr/bin/cronlog /usr/sbin/sendmail
[ -e /usr/sbin/sendmail ] && rm -f /usr/sbin/sendmail.exe

which is broken in the case of an existing symlink 
/usr/sbin/sendmail.exe -> /usr/sbin/ssmtp.exe (as created by current 
versions of ssmtp-config and ln).

– Michael

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