dnf installs cron.hourly

[Adam Williamson]

On 15/03/13 11:51 AM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On 15/03/13 08:30 AM, Miloslav Trmač wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Daniel P. Berrange
>> <berrange at redhat.com> wrote:
>>> Users shouldn't have to go searching out that kind of thing in a
>>> separate package IMHO, it could just be part of stock yum install.
>>> If it needs to be optional a config param would suffice, rather
>>> than the big hammer of installing/uninstalling extra RPM to enable/
>>> disable a feature.
>>
>> Yeah, we don't generally do configuration by package
>> installation/uninstallation.
>
> In this case it seems perfectly logical. The thing in question is a cron
> script. You want it, install it. You don't want it, don't install it.
> How would this be implemented with a config parameter in a way which
> wouldn't be more messy? I mean, wouldn't you have to implement something
> absurd like a bit of code in yum to read the config value and fiddle
> with the presence of the cron script? Ew.

OK, now I think about it, of course the script just checks the config 
value and exits if it's 'disabled'. Still more Stuff than just a package 
with the script in it, to my mind, but eh.
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