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Port details
fcron Periodic command scheduler
3.2.1_2 sysutils on this many watch lists=5 search for ports that depend on this port An older version of this port was marked as vulnerable. Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 3.2.1_1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: bob@eager.cx search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2001-03-01 13:33:20
Last Update: 2024-02-25 17:49:49
Commit Hash: 7c337fd
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License: GPLv2
WWW:
http://fcron.free.fr/
Description:
Fcron is a scheduler. It aims at replacing Vixie Cron, so it implements most of its functionalities. But contrary to Vixie Cron, fcron does not need your system to be up 7 days a week, 24 hours a day: it also works well with systems which are not running neither all the time nor regularly (contrary to anacrontab). To do so, fcron allows you to use the standard mode in which you tell it to execute one command at a given date and hour and to make it run a command according to its time of execution, which is normally the same as system uptime. This is the stable release.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb

Manual pages:
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/fcron-3.2.1_2/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/fcron-3.2.1_2/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/fcron-3.2.1_2/GPLv2
  4. etc/pam.d/fcron
  5. etc/pam.d/fcrontab
  6. @owner fcron
  7. @group fcron
  8. @(,,6111) bin/fcrondyn
  9. @(,,6111) bin/fcrontab
  10. @sample etc/fcron.allow.sample
  11. @sample etc/fcron.deny.sample
  12. @owner root
  13. @(,,4110) bin/fcronsighup
  14. @sample etc/fcron.conf.sample
  15. @owner
  16. @group
  17. share/man/man1/fcrondyn.1.gz
  18. share/man/man1/fcrontab.1.gz
  19. share/man/man5/fcron.conf.5.gz
  20. share/man/man5/fcrontab.5.gz
  21. share/man/man8/fcron.8.gz
  22. sbin/fcron
  23. share/examples/fcron/fcron.pam
  24. share/examples/fcron/fcrontab-operator
  25. share/examples/fcron/fcrontab-root
  26. share/examples/fcron/fcrontab.pam
  27. @dir(fcron,fcron,770) /var/spool/fcron
  28. @owner
  29. @group
  30. @mode
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Dependency lines:
  • fcron>0:sysutils/fcron
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/sysutils/fcron/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install sysutils/fcron
  • pkg install fcron
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: fcron
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1469650893 SHA256 (fcron-3.2.1.src.tar.gz) = 6114d0a39a32853669c0c0ba0f96d92920e7cabca3ff1edf37d25750403e5f6a SIZE (fcron-3.2.1.src.tar.gz) = 601142

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
fcron
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest3.2.1_23.2.1_23.2.13.2.1_23.2.1_2-3.2.1-
FreeBSD:13:quarterly3.2.1_13.2.1_13.2.13.2.1_13.2.1_13.2.1_13.2.1_13.2.1_1
FreeBSD:14:latest3.2.1_23.2.1_23.2.13.2.1_23.2.1_23.2.1-3.2.1
FreeBSD:14:quarterly3.2.1_13.2.1_1-3.2.1_13.2.1_13.2.1_13.2.1_13.2.1_1
FreeBSD:15:latest3.2.1_13.2.1_2n/a3.2.1_1n/a3.2.1_13.2.1_13.2.1_1
FreeBSD:15:quarterly--n/a-n/a---
Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. gmake>=4.3 : devel/gmake
  2. perl5>=5.36<5.37 : lang/perl5.36
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for fcron-3.2.1_2: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation EXAMPLES=on: Build and/or install examples ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
sysutils_fcron
USES:
perl5 gmake
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
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  1. ftp://ftp.seul.org/pub/fcron/
  2. http://fcron.free.fr/archives/
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Number of commits found: 53

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
3.2.1_2
25 Feb 2024 17:49:49
commit hash: 7c337fda9023a9f6ac693804c014e5ddda3d43e9commit hash: 7c337fda9023a9f6ac693804c014e5ddda3d43e9commit hash: 7c337fda9023a9f6ac693804c014e5ddda3d43e9commit hash: 7c337fda9023a9f6ac693804c014e5ddda3d43e9 files touched by this commit
Muhammad Moinur Rahman (bofh) search for other commits by this committer
sysutils/fcron: Moved man to share/man

Approved by:    portmgr (blanket)
3.2.1_1
17 Jul 2023 11:54:58
commit hash: 475ce0ea7d505810d46703c1be17dc30e362ae8fcommit hash: 475ce0ea7d505810d46703c1be17dc30e362ae8fcommit hash: 475ce0ea7d505810d46703c1be17dc30e362ae8fcommit hash: 475ce0ea7d505810d46703c1be17dc30e362ae8f files touched by this commit
Fernando Apesteguía (fernape) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Bob Eager
sysutils/fcron: fix owner of fcronsighup

While here, pet linters.

PR:		272537
Reported by:	bob@eager.cx (maintainer)
07 Sep 2022 21:58:51
commit hash: fb16dfecae4a6efac9f3a78e0b759fb7a3c53de4commit hash: fb16dfecae4a6efac9f3a78e0b759fb7a3c53de4commit hash: fb16dfecae4a6efac9f3a78e0b759fb7a3c53de4commit hash: fb16dfecae4a6efac9f3a78e0b759fb7a3c53de4 files touched by this commit
Stefan Eßer (se) search for other commits by this committer
Remove WWW entries moved into port Makefiles

Commit b7f05445c00f has added WWW entries to port Makefiles based on
WWW: lines in pkg-descr files.

This commit removes the WWW: lines of moved-over URLs from these
pkg-descr files.

Approved by:		portmgr (tcberner)
3.2.1
07 Sep 2022 21:10:59
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Add WWW entries to port Makefiles

It has been common practice to have one or more URLs at the end of the
ports' pkg-descr files, one per line and prefixed with "WWW:". These
URLs should point at a project website or other relevant resources.

Access to these URLs required processing of the pkg-descr files, and
they have often become stale over time. If more than one such URL was
present in a pkg-descr file, only the first one was tarnsfered into
the port INDEX, but for many ports only the last line did contain the
port specific URL to further information.

There have been several proposals to make a project URL available as
a macro in the ports' Makefiles, over time.
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3.2.1
07 Apr 2021 08:09:01
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Mathieu Arnold (mat) search for other commits by this committer
One more small cleanup, forgotten yesterday.
Reported by:	lwhsu
3.2.1
06 Apr 2021 14:31:13
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all: Remove all other $FreeBSD keywords.
3.2.1
06 Apr 2021 14:31:07
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Mathieu Arnold (mat) search for other commits by this committer
Remove # $FreeBSD$ from Makefiles.
3.2.1
14 Aug 2019 12:16:13
Revision:508909Original commit files touched by this commit
mat search for other commits by this committer
Convert to UCL & cleanup pkg-message (categories s)
3.2.1
10 Sep 2017 18:51:46
Revision:449586Original commit files touched by this commit
olgeni search for other commits by this committer
Some typo fixes and whitespace cleanup for pkg-descr files.
3.2.1
30 Jul 2016 14:22:03
Revision:419320Original commit files touched by this commit
pi search for other commits by this committer
sysutils/fcron: 3.2.0 -> 3.2.1

- @-lines can now be run up to every second (previously every 10s at most)

PR:		211451
Submitted by:	bob@eager.cx (maintainer)
3.2.0
19 Jul 2016 11:04:14
Revision:418767Original commit files touched by this commit
mat search for other commits by this committer
When there is a do-install target, do not use a post-install target, do
everything at once.  Sometime, rename post-install into a options helper
target.

I did not fix ports that were such a mess that I could not figure out
what they really wanted to do.  I also did not change ports that had
some version of an auto-plist code in post-install, for the same reason.

With hat:	portmgr
Sponsored by:	Absolight
3.2.0
19 May 2016 10:53:06
Revision:415500Original commit files touched by this commit
amdmi3 search for other commits by this committer
- Fix trailing whitespace in pkg-descrs, categories [p-x]*

Approved by:	portmgr blanket
3.2.0
08 May 2016 09:33:26
Revision:414794Original commit files touched by this commit
pi search for other commits by this committer
sysutils/fcron: 3.0.6 -> 3.2.0

Changes:
  http://fcron.free.fr/doc/en/changes.html
- updated maintainer mail

PR:		209139
Submitted by:	bob@eager.cx (maintainer)
3.0.6_2
11 May 2015 18:34:58
Revision:386097Original commit files touched by this commit
mat search for other commits by this committer
Cleanup DIST* variables.

When appropriate:
- Try to use DISTVERSION{SUF,PRE}FIX
- Replace PORTNAME-PORTVERSION by DISTNAME
- Convert MASTER_SITES to use macros
- Other light cleanup

With hat:	portmgr
Sponsored by:	Absolight
3.0.6_2
22 Sep 2014 10:40:06
Revision:368846Original commit files touched by this commit
bapt search for other commits by this committer
Simplify plist
3.0.6_2
17 Jul 2014 08:57:51
Revision:362126Original commit files touched by this commit
olgeni search for other commits by this committer
Remove indefinite articles and trailing periods from COMMENT, plus
minor COMMENT typos and surrounding whitespace fixes. A few Makefiles
where not included as they contain Latin-1 characters that break
the Phabricator workflow. Categories P-S.

CR:		D422
Approved by:	portmgr (bapt)
3.0.6_2
05 Jun 2014 22:57:50
Revision:356721Original commit files touched by this commit
bapt search for other commits by this committer
Support stage
Modernisation:
- Use @sample
- Install pam files into prefix
- Use USERS/GROUPS framework
- Remove now useless pkg-install/pkg-deinstall scripts

PR:		190162
Submitted by:	Zsolt Udvari
3.0.6_1
29 May 2014 11:20:14
Revision:355686Original commit files touched by this commit
miwi search for other commits by this committer
- Convert gmake,bzip2,xz to USES

Approved by:	portmgr
3.0.6_1
20 Sep 2013 23:06:00
Revision:327772Original commit files touched by this commit
bapt search for other commits by this committer
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
sysutils)
3.0.6_1
07 Sep 2013 06:47:20
Revision:326573Original commit files touched by this commit
az search for other commits by this committer
- convert to the new perl5 framework

Approved by:	portmgr (bapt@, blanket)
3.0.6_1
14 Jan 2012 08:57:23
Original commit files touched by this commit
dougb search for other commits by this committer
In the rc.d scripts, change assignments to rcvar to use the
literal name_enable wherever possible, and ${name}_enable
when it's not, to prepare for the demise of set_rcvar().

In cases where I had to hand-edit unusual instances also
modify formatting slightly to be more uniform (and in
some cases, correct). This includes adding some $FreeBSD$
tags, and most importantly moving rcvar= to right after
name= so it's clear that one is derived from the other.
3.0.6_1
25 Sep 2011 07:24:25
Original commit files touched by this commit
rea search for other commits by this committer
sysutils/fcron: fixup default argument promotion

When mode_t is char- or short-like, it will be promoted to the pure
int when it is passed as the variable argument [1], so we should pass
'int' to the va_arg.

I had also eliminated fflush for the stream opened read-only, since
it will always fail and there is no need to flush read-only streams.

[1] http://c-faq.com/~scs/cclass/int/sx11c.html

Feature safe: yes
PR: 152304
3.0.6
18 Jul 2011 19:10:35
Original commit files touched by this commit
crees search for other commits by this committer
Over to new volunteer

Approved by:    rene (mentor, implicit), maintainer (via email to ports@)
3.0.6
19 Mar 2011 12:38:54
Original commit files touched by this commit
miwi search for other commits by this committer
- Get Rid MD5 support
3.0.6
13 Oct 2010 03:16:26
Original commit files touched by this commit
sunpoet search for other commits by this committer
- Update to 3.0.6
- Add LICENSE

Changes:        http://fcron.free.fr/doc/en/changes.html
PR:             ports/151352
Submitted by:   Sebastien Santoro <dereckson@gmail.com>
Approved by:    pgollucci (mentor, implicit)
3.0.3
27 Mar 2010 00:15:24
Original commit files touched by this commit
dougb search for other commits by this committer
Begin the process of deprecating sysutils/rc_subr by
s#. %%RC_SUBR%%#. /etc/rc.subr#
3.0.3
11 Jun 2007 07:08:28
Original commit files touched by this commit
miwi search for other commits by this committer
- Update to 3.0.3

PR:             113386
Submitted by:   Brad Huntting <huntting@glarp.com> (maintainer)
3.0.2
17 Jan 2007 07:30:11
Original commit files touched by this commit
rafan search for other commits by this committer
- Update to 3.0.2

PR:             ports/108008
Submitted by:   Brad Huntting <huntting at glarp.com> (maintainer)
3.0.1_1
04 Jun 2006 20:09:42
Original commit files touched by this commit
sem search for other commits by this committer
- Install pam files directly (in /etc/pam.d, unless they already exist)
  rather than just leaving them in the examples directory.  There seems
  to be no real security advantage to not installing the pam files since
  they are required for fcron and fcrontab to operate, and root privs are
  required to install fcron to begin with.

- The sockaddr.sa_len was not set prior to calls to bind() and connect().
  The upshot begin that fcrondyn was unable to open the socket
  to communicate with fcron.

PR:             ports/97066
Submitted by:   maintainer
3.0.1
09 Feb 2006 10:28:29
Original commit files touched by this commit
lawrance search for other commits by this committer
Update to 3.0.1.

PR:             ports/92990
Submitted by:   Brad Huntting <huntting@glarp.com> (maintainer)
3.0.0_2
12 Nov 2005 21:23:49
Original commit files touched by this commit
sem search for other commits by this committer
- Fix fcron crashing with disabling of fcrondyn
- Get rid of unnessesary patch

PR:             ports/88883
Submitted by:   maintainer
3.0.0_1
30 Oct 2005 17:23:50
Original commit files touched by this commit
jylefort search for other commits by this committer
Do not overwrite configuration files during an update.
3.0.0_1
23 Oct 2005 09:27:20
Original commit files touched by this commit
jylefort search for other commits by this committer
Do not install the bitstring(3) manual page, as it ships with the base system.

PR:             ports/87851
Submitted by:   maintainer
3.0.0
04 Oct 2005 17:54:23
Original commit files touched by this commit
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- Update to 3.0.0
- Pass maintainership to submitter

PR:             ports/85817
Submitted by:   Brad Huntting <huntting@hunkular.glarp.com> (new maintainer)
2.1.0
20 Sep 2005 14:20:34
Original commit files touched by this commit This port version is marked as vulnerable.
erwin search for other commits by this committer
Reset maintainership of Seamus Venasse who has not responded for some time.
Thank you for your efforts in the past!

Noticed by:     tobez
Approved by:    portmgr (self)
2.1.0
07 Dec 2004 08:47:42
Original commit files touched by this commit This port version is marked as vulnerable.
sem search for other commits by this committer
- Unbreak build on 5.3+

PR:             ports/74798
Submitted by:   Evan Dower <evantd(at)cs.washington.edu>
2.1.0
27 Nov 2004 19:32:54
Original commit files touched by this commit This port version is marked as vulnerable.
kris search for other commits by this committer
BROKEN on 5.x: Does not compile
2.1.0
31 Mar 2004 03:12:58
Original commit files touched by this commit This port version is marked as vulnerable.
trevor search for other commits by this committer
SIZEify (maintainer timeout)
2.1.0
14 Mar 2004 06:17:56
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ade search for other commits by this committer
Whoa there, boy, that's a mighty big commit y'all have there...

Begin autotools sanitization sequence by requiring ports to explicitly
specify which version of {libtool,autoconf,automake} they need, erasing
the concept of a "system default".

For ports-in-waiting:

        USE_LIBTOOL=YES         ->      USE_LIBTOOL_VER=13
        USE_AUTOCONF=YES        ->      USE_AUTOCONF_VER=213
        USE_AUTOMAKE=YES        ->      USE_AUTOMAKE_VER=14

Ports attempting to use the old style system after June 1st 2004 will be
sorely disappointed.
2.1.0
21 Feb 2003 13:28:59
Original commit files touched by this commit This port version is marked as vulnerable.
knu search for other commits by this committer
De-pkg-comment.
2.1.0
12 Jan 2003 12:56:45
Original commit files touched by this commit This port version is marked as vulnerable.
kris search for other commits by this committer
Mark NO_PACKAGE: something causes the package builds to go haywire and
spit out an infinite amount of text (this is bad for disk space)
2.1.0
04 Nov 2002 05:46:38
Original commit files touched by this commit This port version is marked as vulnerable.
edwin search for other commits by this committer
PERL -> REINPLACE
And some ports have USE_PERL5=yes now.
27 Jan 2002 02:47:27
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Update to 2.1.0    
06 Nov 2001 16:29:37
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assign new MAINTAINER.    
09 Oct 2001 08:54:23
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upgrade to 2.0.0    
21 Sep 2001 16:47:28
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o add missed bin/fcronsighup.   o utilize DOCSDIR.   o install
fcron.{allow,deny,conf}.dist and remove them if unchanged.    
25 Aug 2001 21:10:21
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Add patch patch-configure.in to stop checking for ${PREFIX}/etc   during
configure   BUMP Portrevision    
25 Aug 2001 01:03:13
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Backout 1.5 of Makefile   ETC is already set so why should configure need to
autodetect   Also if you build as non-root you don't have correct perms on etc  
 
24 Aug 2001 23:59:48
commit hash: fp1.17818@dev.null.freshports.orgcommit hash: fp1.17818@dev.null.freshports.orgcommit hash: fp1.17818@dev.null.freshports.orgcommit hash: fp1.17818@dev.null.freshports.org files touched by this commit
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Create ${PREFIX}/etc dir so configure script finds to automagically.    
20 Jul 2001 07:47:57
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upgrade to 1.1.1   drop maintainership    
17 Jun 2001 02:08:14
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add management for etc files    
16 Apr 2001 06:57:37
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upgrade to 1.0.3    
01 Mar 2001 16:33:20
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add fcron, a periodical command scheduler    

Number of commits found: 53