vixie-cron bug fix update

An updated vixie-cron package that fixes various bugs is now available.

The vixie-cron package contains the vixie version of cron. Cron is a
standard UNIX daemon that runs specified programs at scheduled times. The
vixie-cron package adds better security and more powerful configuration
options to the standard version of cron.

This updated vixie-cron package includes fixes for the following bugs:

* the "@reboot" crontab macro incorrectly ran jobs when the crond daemon
was restarted.

* the crond daemon now sets the character set for emails by default to the
system's default character set for its locale. On most systems, this will
result in the following Content-Type entity-header field: "Content-Type:
text/plain; charset=UTF-8".

Note: it is now also possible to set the Content-Type and
Content-Transfer-Encoding headers explicitly in crontab files, using
crontab variables of those same names. This capability is documented in the
crontab(5) manual page.

* the crontab binary has been made a position-independent executable (PIE).

All users of vixie-cron are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which resolves these issues.

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

180145 - crond does not set Character-Set when sending mails
395021 - Make crontab a PIE
429850 - crontab error with @reboot entry

character, crontab, email, macro, pie, reboot