577318 – sys-process/dcron: should not install /etc/logrotate.d/cron as dcron logs to syslog

Bug 577318 - sys-process/dcron: should not install /etc/logrotate.d/cron as dcron logs to syslog

Summary: sys-process/dcron: should not install /etc/logrotate.d/cron as dcron logs to ...

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Cron Team

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Description Joe M 2016-03-13 15:41:48 UTC

Hello,

dcron-4.5 logs to syslog. Hence, the /etc/logrotate.d/dcron file should be removed and not installed.

Thanks

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2016-05-19 17:53:23 UTC

dcron has the ability to log to a file with the -L option.  i think it's OK to keep this fragment around to support these usecases.