[CentOS] UC /etc/cron.d

[Les Mikesell]

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
>
>>> fedora did not overwrite any crontab from FC5 to F15 now because
>>> rpm-packages mark such configurations so the new versions get installed
>>> as .rpmnew
>>
>> Which means the changes those versions would like to have made won't
>> take effect.  So it is still best to avoid editing it yourself if you
>> can put your local jobs in one of the other possible places.
>
> which means updates do not randomly change configurations and this
> is good so since it is your job as admin to look if the rpmnew contains
> anything which is interesting for you and if not let your working
> configuration in peace

But you've done an even better job as an admin if you don't mess with
rpm managed files in the first place, and the packagers have done a
better job if they abstract out all the things that are likely to need
local changes - like the stuff generally under /etc/sysconfig to make
that possible.

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  Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com