* Start the cron daemon.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=7621

system/system.nix

@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ rec {
     pkgs.bzip2
     pkgs.coreutils
     pkgs.cpio
+    pkgs.cron
     pkgs.curl
     pkgs.e2fsprogs
     pkgs.findutils

system/upstart.nix

@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ import ../upstart-jobs/gather.nix {
       inherit nix;
     })
 
+    # Cron daemon.
+    (import ../upstart-jobs/cron.nix {
+      inherit (pkgs) cron;
+    })
+
     # Handles the maintenance/stalled event (single-user shell).
     (import ../upstart-jobs/maintenance-shell.nix {
       inherit (pkgs) bash;

upstart-jobs/cron.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{cron}:
+
+{
+  name = "cron";
+  
+  job = "
+description \"Cron daemon\"
+
+start on startup
+stop on shutdown
+
+respawn ${cron}/sbin/cron -n
+  ";
+  
+}