Bug#887847: Extra quoting needed for the job description
Yuri D'Elia
wavexx at thregr.org
Sat Jan 20 15:49:12 GMT 2018
Package: systemd-cron
Version: 1.5.12-2
Severity: normal
Found this in the wild: zfsutils-linux package has the following cron.d entry:
> # Scrub the second Sunday of every month.
> 24 0 8-14 * * root [ $(date +\%w) -eq 0 ] && [ -x /usr/lib/zfs-linux/scrub ] && /usr/lib/zfs-linux/scrub
generating this timer unit:
> [Unit]
> Description=[Timer] "24 0 8-14 * * root [ $(date +\%w) -eq 0 ] && [ -x /usr/lib/zfs-linux/scrub ] && /usr/lib/zfs-linux/scrub"
which yields:
/run/systemd/generator/cron-zfsutils-linux-root-0.timer:2: Failed to resolve unit specifiers on [Timer] "24 0 8-14 * * root [ $(date +\%w) -eq 0 ] && [ -x /usr/lib/zfs-linux/scrub ] && /usr/lib/zfs-linux/scrub", ignoring: Invalid slot
The % should be escaped in Description as well using %%.
-- Package-specific info:
-- output of systemd-delta
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (800, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.14.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages systemd-cron depends on:
ii libc6 2.26-4
ii python3 3.6.4-1
ii systemd-sysv 236-3
Versions of packages systemd-cron recommends:
ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-transport-agent] 4.90-3
systemd-cron suggests no packages.
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