--- syslog-ng.logrotate.orig    2008-10-15 13:23:45.000000000 -0700
+++ syslog-ng.logrotate 2008-10-15 13:24:01.000000000 -0700
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #

 /var/log/messages {
+    missingok
     sharedscripts
     postrotate
         /etc/init.d/syslog-ng reload > /dev/null 2>&1 || true