From: Tomas Mraz <tmraz@fedoraproject.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 07:37:38 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Safeguard for system time changes. Otherwise anacron might wait with the job
X-Git-Tag: cronie1.4.7~13
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=21016ea2497f17bcab8920fee9c84a22c3b5a1df;p=cronie

Safeguard for system time changes. Otherwise anacron might wait with the job
running for a too long time.
---

diff --git a/anacron/main.c b/anacron/main.c
index 08db810..c1a97e9 100644
--- a/anacron/main.c
+++ b/anacron/main.c
@@ -384,6 +384,12 @@ time_till(job_rec *jr)
     tn = time(NULL);
     tj = start_sec + jr->delay * 60;
     if (tj < tn) return 0;
+    if (tj - tn > 3600*24)
+    {
+	explain("System time manipulation detected, job `%s' will run immediately",
+	    jr->ident);
+	return 0;
+    }
     return tj - tn;
 }