[Bug 1148594] [NEW] [12.04] crontab -e is not showing PATH in the example, so the example with tar will fail

[Michael Basse]

Public bug reported:

crontab -e is showing

# 
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task
# 
# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').# 
# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
# 
# Output of the crontab jobs (including errors) is sent through
# email to the user the crontab file belongs to (unless redirected).
# 
# For example, you can run a backup of all your user accounts
# at 5 a.m every week with:
# 0 5 * * 1 tar -zcf /var/backups/home.tgz /home/
# 
# For more information see the manual pages of crontab(5) and cron(8)
# 
# m h  dom mon dow   command

There is no line with PATH but in the example tar is used (instead of
/bin/tar), so the example should be include PATH or /bin/tar instead of
tar

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cron 3.0pl1-120ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-38.61-generic 3.2.37
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar  6 06:01:04 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: cron
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-01-15 (49 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity

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Title:
  [12.04] crontab -e is not showing PATH in the example, so the example
  with tar will fail

Status in “cron” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  crontab -e is showing

  # 
  # Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
  # indicating with different fields when the task will be run
  # and what command to run for the task
  # 
  # To define the time you can provide concrete values for
  # minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
  # and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').# 
  # Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
  # daemon's notion of time and timezones.
  # 
  # Output of the crontab jobs (including errors) is sent through
  # email to the user the crontab file belongs to (unless redirected).
  # 
  # For example, you can run a backup of all your user accounts
  # at 5 a.m every week with:
  # 0 5 * * 1 tar -zcf /var/backups/home.tgz /home/
  # 
  # For more information see the manual pages of crontab(5) and cron(8)
  # 
  # m h  dom mon dow   command

  There is no line with PATH but in the example tar is used (instead of
  /bin/tar), so the example should be include PATH or /bin/tar instead
  of tar

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: cron 3.0pl1-120ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-38.61-generic 3.2.37
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-38-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Mar  6 06:01:04 2013
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: cron
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-01-15 (49 days ago)

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