[Bug 773] New: crontab file format unspecified; other cron.d questions

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The /etc/crontab file uses a format that is not specified by LSB.  It is closely
related to the individual-user crontabs defined in POSIX (although only for the
POSIX locale!), but have an additional field for the user to run as.  In bug
570, the resolution suggests ignoring the format:

"3. The Vixie crontab files have extensions over the POSIX ones that are not
documented in the LSB (I think we'll ignore that ...)"

However, due to this wording in the LSB I don't think we can ignore that (line
numbers from the 21 March 2005 build):

 18154     If a certain job has to be executed at a different frequency
 18155     (e.g. more frequently than daily), the package shall install a
 18156     file /etc/cron.d/cron-name tagged as a configuration file.
 18157     This file uses the same syntax as /etc/crontab and is
 18158     processed by the system automatically.

In other words, the specification says the application-installed crontabs shall
use the same syntax as a file we don't define the syntax for.

What is cron-name?  How is it "tagged as a configuration file".

(Not reopening bug 570 as the release it applied to has already gone out).   
 
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