On one system I am missing /etc/log/rpmpkgs I believe that this file is updated by some cron job, and maybe I just have not had this system powered up at the right time for the job to run. Though I had thought that if a job was scheduled for a time the computer was off, it would run sometime soon (with some definition of 'soon') once the system was on again. On another system, I have /etc/log/rpmpkgs, but a rpm I installed from the karan testing repo is shown installed in /etc/log/yum.log but not in rpmpkgs.
Robert Moskowitz wrote:> On one system I am missing /etc/log/rpmpkgs/etc/log? Are you sure that you don't mean /var/log/rpmpkgs? That one is updated via /etc/cron.daily/rpm, which belongs to the rpm package. So if you do have rpm installed, you should have a) the cron job and b) the log file. Ralph -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20081208/80828ca0/attachment-0003.sig>
Ralph Angenendt wrote:> Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> On one system I am missing /etc/log/rpmpkgs >> > > /etc/log? Are you sure that you don't mean /var/log/rpmpkgs? >oops. Yes /var/log Again too many systems running on too many sides of the project.> That one is updated via /etc/cron.daily/rpm, which belongs to the > rpm package. So if you do have rpm installed, you should have a) the > cron job and b) the log file.I see... Well, rpm is on the system. /etc/cron.daily/rpm exists but no /var/log/rpmpkgs Does the system have to be one at some time during the night to run the daily crons?
Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:> On one system I am missing /etc/log/rpmpkgs > > I believe that this file is updated by some cron job, and > maybe I just > have not had this system powered up at the right time for > the job to > run. Though I had thought that if a job was scheduled for > a time the > computer was off, it would run sometime soon (with some > definition of > 'soon') once the system was on again. > > On another system, I have /etc/log/rpmpkgs, but a rpm I > installed from > the karan testing repo is shown installed in > /etc/log/yum.log but not in > rpmpkgs. >Are you using slackware or gentoo? The logs are located in /var/log/ unless you are using some other non-redhat distro. Regards, Vandaman.
Anne Wilson wrote:> On Monday 08 December 2008 18:27:42 Ralph Angenendt wrote: > >> Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >>> Ralph Angenendt wrote: >>> >>>> That one is updated via /etc/cron.daily/rpm, which belongs to the >>>> rpm package. So if you do have rpm installed, you should have a) the >>>> cron job and b) the log file. >>>> >>> I see... >>> >>> Well, rpm is on the system. /etc/cron.daily/rpm exists but no >>> /var/log/rpmpkgs >>> >>> Does the system have to be one at some time during the night to run the >>> daily crons? >>> >> Yes. See /etc/crontab >> >> > Which is why many of us install anacron from day 1. It checks to see whether > the housekeeping has been done at the required time, and if it hasn't it does > it.More now understood. Thanks Anne.
Lanny Marcus wrote:> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Ralph Angenendt <ra+centos at br-online.de> wrote: > >> Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> > <snip> > >>> Does the system have to be one at some time during the night to run the >>> daily crons? >>> >> Yes. See /etc/crontab >> > > There is another service you can run, if the box is not powered on at > the time the task is scheduled: anacron > > Here's the description: "Run cron jobs that were left out due to downtime"So something else to add as a needed piece of the puzzle.