cron(8) improvement

[Philipp Ost]

Warren Block schrieb:
[...]
>> ie either the file is named such that it is ignored by cron
>> (preferable IMO) or the entries in them are commented out.
>
> Why not just use an additional entry in rc.conf?
>
> rsnapshot_cron="YES"
>
> (If there is a /usr/local/etc/cron.d/rsnapshot, add it to cron on
> start/restart.)
>
> This brings up another problem.  When a port is removed, what is done
> with ports cron entries that have been user modified?  Normally,
> modified files would not be removed, but a cron entry for a removed port
> definitely should not be running any more, even if the admin forgot to
> remove the entry in rc.conf.  But just removing the modified file is bad
> also, because maybe the port was just removed as part of an upgrade.

Given the above scenario, would it be acceptable to set the entry in 
rc.conf, $portname_cron=YES, to $portname_cron=NO without touching the 
modified files and inform the user about having done so?

Philipp