About cron files and rpmlint

[Miroslav Suchý]

On 02/19/2013 03:43 PM, Sergio Belkin wrote:
> Hi, rpmlint complains about cron files, is that a bug?
>
> For example:
>
> tmpwatch.x86_64: E: executable-marked-as-config-file
> /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch
> Executables must not be marked as config files because that may prevent
> upgrades from working correctly. If you need to be able to customize an
> executable, make it for example read a config file in /etc/sysconfig.

I raised this question two month ago:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/packaging/2012-November/008749.html

But do not expect conclusion :)

-- 
Miroslav Suchy
Red Hat Systems Management Engineering