#3282 Issue closed: Remove cronjob of RPM package on RHEL¶
Labels: support / question, fixed / solved / done
GitarPlayer opened issue at 2024-07-18 14:05:¶
- ReaR version ("/usr/sbin/rear -V"):
Relax-and-Recover 2.6 / 2020-06-17
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If your ReaR version is not the current version, explain why you can't upgrade:
This is the latest version available through my dnf package manager on RHEL8. -
OS version ("cat /etc/os-release" or "lsb_release -a" or "cat /etc/rear/os.conf"):
NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
VERSION="8.10 (Ootpa)"
ID="rhel"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VERSION_ID="8.10"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 (Ootpa)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos"
HOME_URL="https://www.redhat.com/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=8.10
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="8.10"
- ReaR configuration files ("cat /etc/rear/site.conf" and/or "cat
/etc/rear/local.conf"):
default - Hardware vendor/product (PC or PowerNV BareMetal or ARM) or VM (KVM
guest or PowerVM LPAR):
KVM guest - System architecture (x86 compatible or PPC64/PPC64LE or what exact
ARM device):
x86 - Firmware (BIOS or UEFI or Open Firmware) and bootloader (GRUB or
ELILO or Petitboot):
BIOS, GRUB - Storage (local disk or SSD) and/or SAN (FC or iSCSI or FCoE) and/or
multipath (DM or NVMe):
DM - Storage layout ("lsblk -ipo NAME,KNAME,PKNAME,TRAN,TYPE,FSTYPE,LABEL,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT"):
NAME KNAME PKNAME TRAN TYPE FSTYPE LABEL SIZE MOUNTPOINT
/dev/sda /dev/sda disk 100G
|-/dev/sda1 /dev/sda1 /dev/sda part xfs boot 1G /boot
`-/dev/sda2 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda part LVM2_member 99G
|-/dev/mapper/rootvg-root /dev/dm-0 /dev/sda2 lvm xfs 23G /
|-/dev/mapper/rootvg-swap /dev/dm-1 /dev/sda2 lvm swap 4G [SWAP]
|-/dev/mapper/rootvg-journal /dev/dm-3 /dev/sda2 lvm xfs 4G /var/log/journal
|-/dev/mapper/rootvg-audit /dev/dm-4 /dev/sda2 lvm xfs 4G /var/log/audit
|-/dev/mapper/rootvg-log /dev/dm-5 /dev/sda2 lvm xfs 4G /var/log
|-/dev/mapper/rootvg-crash /dev/dm-6 /dev/sda2 lvm xfs 8G /var/crash
|-/dev/mapper/rootvg-var /dev/dm-7 /dev/sda2 lvm xfs 8G /var
|-/dev/mapper/rootvg-opt /dev/dm-8 /dev/sda2 lvm xfs 16G /opt
|-/dev/mapper/rootvg-home /dev/dm-9 /dev/sda2 lvm xfs 8G
`-/dev/mapper/rootvg-cortex /dev/dm-10 /dev/sda2 lvm xfs 10G /opt/traps
/dev/sdb /dev/sdb disk LVM2_member 50G
`-/dev/mapper/datavg-export_home /dev/dm-2 /dev/sdb lvm xfs 50G /home
/dev/sr0 /dev/sr0 sata rom 1024M
- Description of the issue (ideally so that others can reproduce
it):
If I install the rear package it also includes a cronjob in /etc/cron.d/rear. I don't think this should be part of the package because without any additional configuration this daily cronjob will fail daily. I was searching through the repo where this cronjob is included but I could not find it. I would have submitted a pull request otherwise. Apologies for not finding it. - Workaround, if any:
Remove /etc/cron.d/rear manually or as part of the installtion process with ansible - Attachments, as applicable ("rear -D mkrescue/mkbackup/recover" debug log files):
lzaoral commented at 2024-07-18 14:36:¶
Hello, @GitarPlayer! The package sources for CentOS Stream 8 / RHEL 8 are available here: https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/rear/-/tree/c8s/
I suggest to report this problem on the official issue tracker instead: https://issues.redhat.com
pcahyna commented at 2024-07-18 14:46:¶
If I install the rear package it also includes a cronjob in /etc/cron.d/rear. I don't think this should be part of the package because without any additional configuration this daily cronjob will fail daily. I was searching through the repo where this cronjob is included but I could not find it. I would have submitted a pull request otherwise. Apologies for not finding it.
I also think that having this cron job was a bad idea, but I don't think it is a good idea to remove it at a so late stage in the RHEL 8 lifecycle. RHEL 9 does not have the cron job anymore (it is installed into a documentation directory as an example and you have to copy to /etc/cron.d and modify it). See the deprecation notice in the RHEL 8 release notes.
gdha commented at 2024-09-10 14:21:¶
@GitarPlayer Are you good with the replies? Can we close this issue?
jsmeix commented at 2024-11-08 15:06:¶
No news is good news.
[Export of Github issue for rear/rear.]