costum build options question

[jnet]

#Cron settings
cron=no
[email protected]
notifications=yes
updates=no


Don't know about the above is there any instruction here?

Is there any special reason that cron is set to No default?

or updates?

Is that cron job?

 

[smtalk]

Yes, it's a cronjob. It's set to "no" because it doesn't know your email by default More info: http://www.directadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19221 #6.

 

[nobaloney]

Thanks, Martynas. Did you really mean #6? I think post #6 is wrong, and the main discussion of the crontab is in the first post. Unless I'm crazy or something .

How do you feel about the safety of using the crontab for updating?

Thanks.

Jeff

 

[scsi]

Thanks, Martynas. Did you really mean #6? I think post #6 is wrong, and the main discussion of the crontab is in the first post. Unless I'm crazy or something .

How do you feel about the safety of using the crontab for updating?

Thanks.

Jeff

He is right its in #6:

Crontab options:

I think the crontab just notifys you that there is updates it does not actually do the update.

 

[nobaloney]

Thanks for pointing that out, scsi. I thought Martynas meant post#6, not point #6 within the first post.

I'm hoping to get more clarification from him on precisely what the crontab does. Or from you if you care to look up the code . I just don't have the time right now.



Jeff

 

[roly]

i'm interested in this also, i see this in that thread:

Crontab options:

cron - enable crontab for CustomBuild, use "./build cron" to set-up. Possible values: yes/no (default: no).
email - set email for notifications. Possible values: any email address (default: [email protected]).
notifications - enable email notifications about the updates. Possible values: yes/no (default: yes).
updates - update software/applications automatically when updates are available. Possible values: yes/no (default: no).

i don't want updates installed automatically, but an email to say updates are available would be great.

so am i correct in saying if i ./build cron and then set my email, and notifications to yes and updates to no, i'll get notification but it won't update automatically?

 

[smtalk]

i don't want updates installed automatically, but an email to say updates are available would be great.

so am i correct in saying if i ./build cron and then set my email, and notifications to yes and updates to no, i'll get notification but it won't update automatically?

Yes, you are right.

 

[smtalk]

Thanks, Martynas. Did you really mean #6? I think post #6 is wrong, and the main discussion of the crontab is in the first post. Unless I'm crazy or something .

How do you feel about the safety of using the crontab for updating?

Thanks.

Jeff

It's not very risky, but not recommended. E.g. if you have any 3rd party modules (for PHP), they often don't work after PHP without recompilation (e.g. eaccelerator or ioncube after PHP upgrade (e.g. from 5.2 to 5.3) etc.).

 

[roly]

Yes, you are right.

thankyou