[BUG] Custom crontabs no longer work

[havardAasen]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

Custom crontab is no longer working within the container.

Expected Behavior

Previously I had the file config/crontab/root with my custom settings, this was copied to /etc/crontab/root inside the container.

Steps To Reproduce

Create the file in config/crontab/root, with the version prior to #254 this gets copied into, and is used, in the container, in later version, this file is ignored.

Environment

- OS: Debian 12
- How docker service was installed: apt

CPU architecture

x86-64

Docker creation

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Container logs

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[havardAasen]

Missing feedback from maintainer, still a valid issue.

[aptalca]

https://info.linuxserver.io/issues/2023-11-02-cron/

[havardAasen]

https://info.linuxserver.io/issues/2023-11-02-cron/

Thanks, seems to the info I needed.

Why is nothing mentioned in the changelog, a notice that the functionality was going away and that link? After all, that's what the changelog is for.

[aptalca]

It was a change at the baseimage level. Not specific to this image.

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