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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#36430: mcron would benefit from a better way to test jobs
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 17:36:53 +0200
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To: Robert Vollmert <rob@vllmrt.net>
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Robert Vollmert <rob@vllmrt.net> skribis:

> One related issue that I just ran into, while trying out the gexp approac=
h:
>
> mcron jobs take an optional third naming argument, which are again better
> not used because they replace the store filename in the =E2=80=9Cschedule=
=E2=80=9D
> output.

I see; that feature was not designed at all with Guix in mind, and
presumably on FHS systems the name is enough if you can mentally map it
to something in /usr.

Ludo=E2=80=99.