https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2350109 --- Comment #59 from Pramod V U <pramodvu1502@xxxxxxxxx> --- I will soon file a bugzilla report for cronie, to support alternatives. But before that, I have to ask: Is this spec-file right? anything to improve? Hooks for alternative crontab binaries are added... BUT unfortunately I can't use alternatives mechanism for cron.target and crond.service; It is meant to allow *one* file to be provided by multiple packages and allowing you to choose any one. BTW, why is alternatives needed? `Conflicts: cronie` is already there, so there won't be another cron implementation anyway. Can I `Provides: cron` and `Conflicts: cron` (and request all cron implementations to do the same), to fix this issue? The spec-file: ``` # Copyright (C) 2023,2025 наб (nabijaczleweli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) # Copyright (C) 2023 Alexandre Detiste (alexandre@xxxxxxxxxx) # Copyright (C) 2025 Pramod (pramodvu1502@xxxxxxxxx) (only for this specfile though) # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT Name: systemd-cron Version: 2.5.1 Release: %{autorelease} License: MIT Summary: A systemd generator to provide (ana)cron functionality URL: https://github.com/systemd-cron/systemd-cron Source0: %{url}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz Conflicts: cronie Conflicts: cronie-anacron Requires: crontabs Requires: systemd Requires: libmd Requires(post): %{_bindir}/update-alternatives Requires(postun): %{_bindir}/update-alternatives #Recommends: %%{_bindir}/sendmail BuildRequires: g++ BuildRequires: libmd-devel BuildRequires: systemd-rpm-macros %description A systemd generator implementing (ana)cron. It uses systemd.timer and systemd.service under the hood. %pre # Prevent execution of cron.reboot scripts on installation touch %{_rundir}/crond.reboot %preun %systemd_preun cron.target %post %systemd_post cron.target update-alternatives --install %{_bindir}/crontab %{name} %{_bindir}/crontab.%{name} # To apply the /var/spool/cron and crontab group to the system on installation %{_bindir}/systemctl reload-or-restart systemd-sysusers.service systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service %postun %systemd_postun_with_restart cron.target if [ $1 -eq 0 ] ; then update-alternatives --remove %{name} %{_bindir}/crontab.%{name} fi %prep %setup -q %build # Don't use the %%configure macro as this is not an autotool script ./configure \ --with-version="%{version}" \ --prefix="%{_prefix}" \ --bindir="%{_bindir}" \ --datadir="%{_datadir}" \ --libdir="%{_libdir}" \ --libexecdir="%{_libexecdir}" \ --mandir="%{_mandir}" \ --docdir="%{_docdir}" \ --unitdir="%{_unitdir}" \ --generatordir="%{_systemdgeneratordir}" \ --sysusersdir="%{_sysusersdir}" \ --enable-runparts=no \ --enable-minutely=yes \ --enable-quarterly=yes \ --enable-semi_annually=yes \ --enable-boot=no # Compile %make_build %install %make_install # Preparing /var/spool/cron using tmpfiles.d mkdir -p "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_tmpfilesdir}" printf "%s\n" "d %{_localstatedir}/spool/cron 1730 root crontab" >> "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_tmpfilesdir}/systemd-cron.conf" # The "crontab" group for /var/spool/cron printf "%s\n" "g crontab - -" >> "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysusersdir}/systemd-cron.conf" # systemd preset as required by fedora mkdir -p "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_presetdir}" printf "%s\n" "enable cron.target" > "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_presetdir}/50-systemd-cron.preset" # Conflict with other cron services to avoid 2 cron implementations from running OtherCronServices="crond.service" mkdir -p "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_unitdir}/cron.target.d" printf "%s\n%s\n" "[Unit]" "Conflicts=${OtherCronServices}" > "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_unitdir}/cron.target.d/crond-conflict.conf" # Alternative %%{_bindir}/crontab mv "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/crontab" "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/crontab.%{name}" touch "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/crontab" # A required directory mkdir -p "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/cron.d" %files %license LICENSE %doc README.md CHANGELOG %dir %{_sysconfdir}/cron.d %dir %{_libexecdir}/systemd-cron %ghost %{_bindir}/crontab %{_bindir}/crontab.%{name} %{_libexecdir}/systemd-cron/mail_for_job %{_libexecdir}/systemd-cron/boot_delay %{_libexecdir}/systemd-cron/remove_stale_stamps %attr(2755, root, crontab) %{_libexecdir}/systemd-cron/crontab_setgid %{_systemdgeneratordir}/systemd-crontab-generator %{_presetdir}/50-systemd-cron.preset %{_unitdir}/cron.target %{_unitdir}/cron-update.path %{_unitdir}/cron-update.service %{_unitdir}/cron-mail@.service %{_unitdir}/systemd-cron-cleaner.service %{_unitdir}/systemd-cron-cleaner.timer %{_sysusersdir}/systemd-cron.conf %{_tmpfilesdir}/systemd-cron.conf %{_mandir}/man1/crontab.* %{_mandir}/man5/crontab.* %{_mandir}/man5/anacrontab.* %{_mandir}/man7/systemd.cron.* %{_mandir}/man8/systemd-crontab-generator.* %changelog %autochangelog ``` -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. 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