Remove crond from busybox launching.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/) but do not follows semantic versioning as it is useless in this type of project.
 
+## [2.7.4-8] - 2026-08-11
+
+### Removed
+
+* Removed crond from busybox launch as it is completely useless. Use external cron instead.
+
 ## [2.7.4-7] - 2026-08-10
 
 ### Added
@@ -76,6 +82,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/)
 
 Initial container release with inn 2.7.4 built with perl/python/sqlite support.
 
+[2.7.4-8]: https://code.pztrn.name/containers/inn2/compare/2.7.4-7...2.7.4-8
 [2.7.4-7]: https://code.pztrn.name/containers/inn2/compare/2.7.4-6...2.7.4-7
 [2.7.4-6]: https://code.pztrn.name/containers/inn2/compare/2.7.4-5...2.7.4-6
 [2.7.4-5]: https://code.pztrn.name/containers/inn2/compare/2.7.4-4...2.7.4-5

README.md

@@ -85,12 +85,19 @@ Note that this code is built to support dual-stack (IPv4+IPv6). You should eithe
 
 ## Cronjobs
 
-This Docker image come with a recommended in documentation set of cronjobs. To customize it copy `etc/crontabs/news` file, make neccessary changes and mount it to container in `/etc/crontabs/news`.
+INN requires some cronjobs to be executed due to it's architecture. Previously this image was launching crond from busybox, but it is a pain to configure it to work properly, so you should use some external cron service.
 
-If you want to use cron outside of your container:
+Example from oldproto.ru:
 
-```shell
-0 3 * * * docker compose run inn news.daily expireover lowmark delayrm
+```text
+# min   hour    day     month   weekday command
+0       0       *       *       *       docker compose exec -u news inn news.daily expireover lowmark delayrm norotate
+15      *       *       *       *       docker compose exec -u news inn rnews -U
+0       4       *       *       *       docker compose exec -u news inn ctlinnd -t 120 -s reload incoming.conf 'flush cache'
+*/10    *       *       *       *       docker compose exec -u news inn nntpsend
+15      5       *       *       *       docker compose exec -u news inn ctlinnd flush inpaths!
+30      5       *       *       *       docker compose exec -u news inn sendinpaths -c
+30      4       *       *       *       docker compose exec -u news inn actsyncd /inn2/etc/actsync.cfg
 ```
 
 ## Sending emails

etc/cont-init.d/20-news-crontab.sh

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-chown news:news /etc/crontabs/news

etc/crontabs/news

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# min	hour	day	month	weekday	command
-0       5       *   *       *       cd /inn2; /inn2/bin/news.daily expireover lowmark delayrm norotate
-15      *       *   *       *       cd /inn2; /inn2/bin/rnews -U
-0       4       *   *       *       cd /inn2; /inn2/bin/ctlinnd -t 120 -s reload incoming.conf 'flush cache'
-*/10    *       *   *       *       cd /inn2; /inn2/bin/nntpsend

etc/services.d/cron/run

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-/usr/sbin/crond -f