touch-packages team mailing list archive

[Anonymous <1451286@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

type: crontab -r

Expected use case : should ask user if they really want to delete this
file, of which there are no backups on the system by default, and may
take hours to restore by hand, if it's even possible.

what happens: user's cron entry is deleted with no warning.

** Affects: cron (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to cron in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1451286

Title:
  crontab -r deletes cron entries without asking for confirmation

Status in cron package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  type: crontab -r

  Expected use case : should ask user if they really want to delete this
  file, of which there are no backups on the system by default, and may
  take hours to restore by hand, if it's even possible.

  what happens: user's cron entry is deleted with no warning.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cron/+bug/1451286/+subscriptions