On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote: > > > Am 08.12.2011 21:08, schrieb Cliff Pratt: >> It's a good idea NOT to put stuff in /etc/crontab and NOT to change >> the existing members of /etc/cron.d. It is a good idea NOT to change >> root's crontab. Any of these may get overwritten by maintenance. > > /etc/crontab will NEVER get overwritten > to make it clear: NEVER EVER > > 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 > Fair enough. Cheers, Cliff