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Bug 440514 - app-admin/logrotate-3.8.2: some elog messages should only be shown for the first install.
Summary: app-admin/logrotate-3.8.2: some elog messages should only be shown for the fi...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Chema Alonso Josa (RETIRED)
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Blocks: first-time-messages
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Reported: 2012-10-31 10:59 UTC by poletti.marco
Modified: 2012-11-11 18:13 UTC (History)
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Description poletti.marco 2012-10-31 10:59:25 UTC 
Disclaimer: this bug has been filed in a semi-automated manner.

When emerging the package app-admin/logrotate-3.8.2, the following elog messages are displayed:

 * If you wish to have logrotate e-mail you updates, please
 * emerge virtual/mailx and configure logrotate in
 * /etc/logrotate.conf appropriately
 * 
 * Additionally, /etc/logrotate.conf may need to be modified
 * for your particular needs.  See man logrotate for details.

Such messages should only be displayed when the package is a new install.
These situations can be checked in the ebuild as follows:

if ! has_version 'app-admin/logrotate'; then

See the tracker bug 440214 for more details.
Comment 1 Chema Alonso Josa (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-11-11 18:13:23 UTC 
Done in =app-admin/logrotate-3.8.3

Thanks.