diff --git a/cronie-1.4.7-disable_logging.patch b/cronie-1.4.7-disable_logging.patch
index 3785ec2..0fc8af4 100644
--- a/cronie-1.4.7-disable_logging.patch
+++ b/cronie-1.4.7-disable_logging.patch
@@ -16,12 +16,38 @@ Index: cronie-1.4.7/src/entry.c
 ===================================================================
 --- cronie-1.4.7.orig/src/entry.c
 +++ cronie-1.4.7/src/entry.c
-@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ entry *load_entry(FILE * file, void (*er
+@@ -105,13 +105,18 @@ entry *load_entry(FILE * file, void (*er
+ 	if (ch == '-') {
+ 	/* if we are editing system crontab or user uid is 0 (root) 
+ 	* we are allowed to disable logging 
++	* Otherwise log the attempt, but still execute the command.
+ 	*/
+ 		if (pw == NULL || pw->pw_uid == 0)
  			e->flags |= DONT_LOG;
  		else {
- 			log_it("CRON", getpid(), "ERROR", "Only privileged user can disable logging", 0);
+-			log_it("CRON", getpid(), "ERROR", "Only privileged user can disable logging", 0);
 -			ecode = e_option;
-+			ecode = e_minute;
- 			goto eof;
+-			goto eof;
++			log_it("CRON", getpid(), "ERROR",
++				"Only privileged user can disable logging. "
++				"In future versions, user lines starting with a dash "
++				"will be treated as invalid and won't get executed.", 0);
++			/* throw an error when editing a crontab */
++			if (error_func)
++				(*error_func) (ecodes[(int) e_minute]);
  		}
  		ch = get_char(file);
+ 		if (ch == EOF)
+@@ -371,9 +376,9 @@ entry *load_entry(FILE * file, void (*er
+ 
+ 	Debug(DPARS, ("load_entry()...returning successfully\n"))
+ 
+-		/* success, fini, return pointer to the entry we just created...
+-		 */
+-		return (e);
++	/* success, fini, return pointer to the entry we just created...
++	 */
++	return (e);
+ 
+   eof:
+ 	if (e->envp)
diff --git a/cronie.changes b/cronie.changes
index 949149f..d4ca6e6 100644
--- a/cronie.changes
+++ b/cronie.changes
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 Mon Jun  6 08:51:11 UTC 2011 - vcizek@novell.com
 
 - Mention possibility of disabling logging to syslog in a crontab 
-  manual.
-- Better error report, when ^ tried as an unprivileged user
+  manual
+- to keep compatibility with 11.3, execute the command despite 
+  an unprivileged user tries to disable logging (bnc#698549)
 
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 Wed May 11 08:27:14 UTC 2011 - vcizek@novell.com