mcron or mcron2?

mcron or mcron2?

[Caleb Herbert]

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I searched for mcron and got two versions that look identical but with
different deps.  Which one should I get?  I'm confused.

        $ guix package -s mcron
        name: mcron2
        version: 1.0.8-0.31baff1
        outputs: out
        systems: x86_64-linux i686-linux armhf-linux aarch64-linux
        mips64el-linux
        dependencies: autoconf-2.69 automake-1.15 ed-1.14.2 guile-2.0.14
        help2man-1.47.4 pkg-config-0.29.2 texinfo-6.3 which-2.21
        location: gnu/packages/guile.scm:596:4
        homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/mcron/
        license: GPL 3+
        synopsis: Run jobs at scheduled times  
        description: GNU Mcron is a complete replacement for Vixie cron.
        It is used to run tasks on a schedule, such as every hour or
        every Monday.  Mcron is written in Guile, so its
        + configuration can be written in Scheme; the original cron
        format is also supported.
        relevance: 4
        
        name: mcron
        version: 1.0.8
        outputs: out
        systems: x86_64-linux i686-linux armhf-linux aarch64-linux
        mips64el-linux
        dependencies: ed-1.14.2 guile-2.0.14 pkg-config-0.29.2
        which-2.21
        location: gnu/packages/guile.scm:570:2
        homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/mcron/
        license: GPL 3+
        synopsis: Run jobs at scheduled times  
        description: GNU Mcron is a complete replacement for Vixie cron.
        It is used to run tasks on a schedule, such as every hour or
        every Monday.  Mcron is written in Guile, so its
        + configuration can be written in Scheme; the original cron
        format is also supported.
        relevance: 4
        

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Re: mcron or mcron2?

[Leo Famulari]

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On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 09:24:38PM -0600, Caleb Herbert wrote:
> I searched for mcron and got two versions that look identical but with
> different deps.  Which one should I get?  I'm confused.
> 
>         $ guix package -s mcron
>         name: mcron2
>         version: 1.0.8-0.31baff1

[...]

>         name: mcron
>         version: 1.0.8
>         outputs: out

The GuixSD mcron service uses mcron2, so I think that is probably the
best one :)

HTH

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Re: mcron or mcron2?

[Caleb Herbert]

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On Thu, 2017-11-23 at 10:01 -0500, Leo Famulari wrote:
> The GuixSD mcron service uses mcron2, so I think that is probably the
> best one :)

Which is more likely to work on a foreign distro?  (Trisquel.)

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Re: mcron or mcron2?

[Leo Famulari]

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On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 11:02:48AM -0600, Caleb Herbert wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-11-23 at 10:01 -0500, Leo Famulari wrote:
> > The GuixSD mcron service uses mcron2, so I think that is probably the
> > best one :)
> 
> Which is more likely to work on a foreign distro?  (Trisquel.)

I'm not sure, because I haven't tried using it in that context.

You could take a look at which version is provided by Trisquel (assuming
they offer mcron), and use that one, since it is probably the best
tested on Trisquel.

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Re: mcron or mcron2?

[Ludovic Courtès]

Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:

> On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 11:02:48AM -0600, Caleb Herbert wrote:
>> On Thu, 2017-11-23 at 10:01 -0500, Leo Famulari wrote:
>> > The GuixSD mcron service uses mcron2, so I think that is probably the
>> > best one :)
>> 
>> Which is more likely to work on a foreign distro?  (Trisquel.)
>
> I'm not sure, because I haven't tried using it in that context.

Both should work, but mcron2 has various improvements over mcron that
for a time were not merged in mcron proper (might have changed.)

Ludo’.