diff -Nur old/miscutils/crontab.c new/miscutils/crontab.c
--- old/miscutils/crontab.c	2015-11-30 14:45:22.000000000 +0800
+++ new/miscutils/crontab.c	2015-11-30 15:25:36.000000000 +0800
@@ -153,7 +153,13 @@
 	switch (opt_ler) {
 
 	default: /* case OPT_r: Delete */
-		unlink(pas->pw_name);
+		if(unlink(pas->pw_name) != 0){
+			if(errno == ENOENT)
+				fprintf(stderr, "no crontab for %s\n", pas->pw_name);	
+			else
+				perror(pas->pw_name);
+			exit(1);
+		}
 		break;
 
 	case OPT_l: /* List */