(address . guix-patches@gnu.org)(name . Marcin Karpezo)(address . sirmacik@wioo.waw.pl)
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Hi!
With big rekado help I'm sending you a patch with at least partially
fixes the issue of crontab -e reporting missing /var/cron/tabs
directory.
gnu/services/mcron.scm | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/gnu/services/mcron.scm b/gnu/services/mcron.scm
index d9627c6bd0..ca9a54a041 100644
--- a/gnu/services/mcron.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/mcron.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Marcin Karpezo <sirmacik@wioo.waw.pl>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -128,6 +129,12 @@ files."
(actions
(list (shepherd-schedule-action mcron files)))))))))
+(define (mcron-service-activation config)
+ (with-imported-modules '((guix build utils))
+ #~(begin
+ (use-modules (guix build utils))
+ (mkdir-p "/var/cron/tabs"))))
+
(define mcron-service-type
(service-type (name 'mcron)
(description
@@ -137,7 +144,10 @@ files."
mcron-shepherd-services)
(service-extension profile-service-type
(compose list
- mcron-configuration-mcron))))
+ mcron-configuration-mcron))
+ (service-extension activation-service-type
+ mcron-service-activation)))
+
(compose concatenate)
(extend (lambda (config jobs)
(mcron-configuration
--
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