Bug 242260

Summary:	syslog-ng logrotate scripts should ignore missing files
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	edoceo <code>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	2008.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	patch to app-admin/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.logrotate

Description edoceo 2008-10-15 20:33:40 UTC

the app-admin/syslog-ng package includes two files that maybe added to /etc/logrotate.d after installation.  One file is specific for hardened Gentoo.

These logrotate scripts throw errors when their expected files are missing, which throws errors in my cron jobs.

I have a very custom my syslog-ng config and as such I don't have files like /var/log/messages that these logrotate scripts expect (there are many more in the hardened script).

I would like these logrotate.d scripts to add the 'missingok' parameter so that I and other like me who tweak syslog-ng (of which there are few) don't have edit these logrotate.d scripts after the upgrades and don't have to worry about them during etc-update.  I suspect there is no impact to those who use the distribution default syslog-ng and logrotate scripts.

I have a patch for the standard logrotate script but not one for hardened, should I make one?

Thank you.

Comment 1 edoceo 2008-10-15 20:36:02 UTC

Created attachment 168610 [details, diff]
patch to app-admin/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.logrotate

I've just added missingok so that when /var/log/messages is not present errors are suppressed

Comment 2 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-10-15 20:46:23 UTC

in portage.  thanks for the bug report and patch.

Comment 3 edoceo 2008-10-15 20:50:56 UTC

Wow was that responsive! Thank you for proving to me yet again that Gentoo is enterprise ready.  You guys rock!