apparent cron lockup

[tif at cpe.UUCP]

Written  6:47 pm  Feb  4, 1989 by alice.UUCP!debra in cpe:comp.unix.xenix
>The cron problem exists in other versions of Unix as well. The time between
>events is irrelevant since cron is supposed to wake up every minute to check
>whether the crontab (or crontabs in newer releases) has changed.

I thought this was pre-System V behavior.

			Paul Chamberlain
			Computer Product Engineering, Tandy Corp.
			{killer | texbell}!cpe!tif