GNU bug report logs - #75843
shepherd: cron-string->calendar-event does not accept "*/15 * * * *"

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz>

Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 22:10:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
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Subject: bug#75843: closed (shepherd: cron-string->calendar-event does not
 accept "*/15 * * * *")
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:28:02 +0000
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From: Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: shepherd: cron-string->calendar-event does not accept "*/15 * * * *"
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 23:09:00 +0100
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Hello,

when I try to configure a timer based on my legacy crontab file, I get
the following error:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix shell guile shepherd guile-fibers -- guile -c '(use-modules (shepherd service timer)) (cron-string->calendar-event "*/15 * * * *")'
Backtrace:
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  1752:10  5 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ # _)
In unknown file:
           4 (apply-smob/0 #<thunk 7f5d9c401300>)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
    724:2  3 (call-with-prompt _ _ #<procedure default-prompt-handle…>)
In ice-9/eval.scm:
    619:8  2 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) 7f5d9c404c80>)))
In ice-9/command-line.scm:
   185:19  1 (_ #<input: string 7f5d9c3fe850>)
In unknown file:
           0 (eval (cron-string->calendar-event "*/15 * * * *") #<di…>)

ERROR: In procedure eval:
ERROR:
  1. &message: "\"*/15 * * * *\": invalid minutes cron field"
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

It seems to work with 0-59/15, so there possibly is some bug in handling
the *.

Tomas

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz>
Cc: 75843-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#75843: shepherd: cron-string->calendar-event does not
 accept "*/15 * * * *"
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:27:04 +0100
Hello,

Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz> skribis:

> $ guix shell guile shepherd guile-fibers -- guile -c '(use-modules (shepherd service timer)) (cron-string->calendar-event "*/15 * * * *")'

[...]

>   1. &message: "\"*/15 * * * *\": invalid minutes cron field"

Fixed in 6f3860e492e078c5579e2117b04742252be81562.

> It seems to work with 0-59/15, so there possibly is some bug in handling
> the *.

Yup, that’s a good workaround until 1.0.2 is out (presumably in the
coming days).

Thanks,
Ludo’.


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