>Number:         21908
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       sysinst upgrade overwrites root's crontab
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jun 16 22:01:00 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     John Nemeth
>Release:        NetBSD 1.6.1
>Organization:
access Computer Systems
>Environment:
System: NetBSD access 1.6.1 NetBSD 1.6.1 (ACCESS) #0: Mon Jun 16 12:11:54 UTC 2003 root@:/usr/local/distrib/NetBSD-1.6.1/source/sets/unpack/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/ACCESS i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
     When you upgrade a system using sysinst, root's crontab will be
overwritten with the default one from the new version.
>How-To-Repeat:
     Upgrade a system using sysinst and observe that root's crontab no
longer has local entries.
>Fix:
     Have sysinst make a copy of root's crontab prior to unpacking
tarballs similar to what it does for /etc.  Even better would be
to merge the differences.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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