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has caused the Debian Bug report #104278,
regarding sysklogd log rotation is too inflexible
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Package: sysklogd
Version: 1.4.1-2
ideally, it should co-operate with logrotate...but it's easy to see
why that may be impractical.
the following 3 patches go some way towards fixing it: they add a true
configuration file rather than requiring users to edit cron scripts.
/etc/default may not be the best location for the config file. pick
somewhere else if you can think of a better place.
patch 1: /etc/default/sysklogd
(default settings are the same as in your original scripts)
--- /etc/default/sysklogd.old Wed Jul 11 18:38:06 2001
+++ /etc/default/sysklogd Wed Jul 11 18:34:06 2001
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# NOTE: this configuration file is actually a shell script, so shell
+# syntax applies.
+
+# set to "true" if you want daily log rotation.
+DAILY="false"
+
+# extra options to add to all calls of syslogd-listfiles
+# (see man page to syslogd-listfiles for details)
+#S_OPTS="--ignore-size"
+
+# number of old weekly logs to keep
+W_CYCLE=4
+
+# number of old daily logs to keep
+D_CYCLE=7
patch 2: /etc/cron.weekly/sysklogd
--- /etc/cron.weekly/sysklogd.dpkg-dist Thu Apr 26 12:38:52 2001
+++ /etc/cron.weekly/sysklogd Wed Jul 11 18:51:36 2001
@@ -3,35 +3,45 @@
# sysklogd Cron script to rotate system log files weekly.
#
# If you want to rotate logfiles daily, edit
-# this script and /etc/cron.daily/sysklogd to get
-# the logfiles in sync (they must not occur in both
-# files). Do not delete this file itself, since
-# it will then be replaced after an upgrade creating
-# unwanted effects.
+# /etc/default/sysklogd and add the line:
#
-# This is a configration file. You are invited to edit
-# it and maintain it on your own. You'll have to do
-# that if you don't like the default policy
-# wrt. rotating logfiles (i.e. with large logfiles
-# weekly and daily rotation may interfere). If you edit
-# this file and don't let dpkg upgrade it, you have full
-# control over it. Please read the manpage to
-# syslogd-listfiles.
+# DAILY=true
+#
+# You no longer need to edit this file just because you
+# don't like the default policy for rotating large log
+# files, or want to add stuff to the syslogd-listfiles
+# command line. Instead, edit /etc/default/sysklogd and
+# add the line:
+#
+# S_OPTS="--ignore-size"
+#
+# Anything you set S_OPTS to will be added to the
+# command line which executes syslogd-listfiles.
+#
+# Please read the manpage to syslogd-listfiles for details.
#
# Written by Ian A. Murdock <[email protected]>.
+# config file feature added by Craig Sanders <[email protected]>
# $Id: cron.weekly,v 1.4 2001/03/11 23:00:53 joey Exp $
test -x /usr/sbin/syslogd-listfiles || exit 0
+test -e /etc/default/sysklogd && . /etc/default/sysklogd
+
+test "$DAILY" = "true" && exit 0
+
+# if W_CYCLE is not defined in /etc/default/sysklogd then
+# default to 4.
+test -z "$W_CYCLE" && W_CYCLE=4
cd /var/log
-for LOG in `syslogd-listfiles --weekly`
+for LOG in `syslogd-listfiles --weekly $S_OPTS`
do
if [ -s $LOG ]; then
- savelog -g adm -m 640 -u root -c 4 $LOG >/dev/null
+ savelog -g adm -m 640 -u root -c $W_CYCLE $LOG >/dev/null
fi
done
-for LOG in `syslogd-listfiles --auth`
+for LOG in `syslogd-listfiles --auth $S_OPTS`
do
if [ -s $LOG ]; then
chown root.adm $LOG
patch 3: /etc/cron.daily/sysklogd
--- /etc/cron.daily/sysklogd.dpkg-dist Thu Apr 26 12:38:52 2001
+++ /etc/cron.daily/sysklogd Wed Jul 11 18:51:46 2001
@@ -2,34 +2,46 @@
# sysklogd Cron script to rotate system log files daily.
#
-# If you want to rotate other logfiles daily, edit
-# this script. An easy way is to add them manually
-# or to add -a to syslogd-listfiles and add some grep
-# stuff.
+# If you want to rotate logfiles daily, edit
+# /etc/default/sysklogd and add the line:
#
-# This is a configration file. You are invited to edit
-# it and maintain it on your own. You'll have to do
-# that if you don't like the default policy
-# wrt. rotating logfiles (i.e. with large logfiles
-# weekly and daily rotation may interfere). If you edit
-# this file and don't let dpkg upgrade it, you have full
-# control over it. Please read the manpage to
-# syslogd-listfiles.
+# DAILY=true
+#
+# You no longer need to edit this file just because you
+# don't like the default policy for rotating large log
+# files, or want to add stuff to the syslogd-listfiles
+# command line. Instead, edit /etc/default/sysklogd and
+# add the line:
+#
+# S_OPTS="--ignore-size"
+#
+# Anything you set S_OPTS to will be added to the
+# command line which executes syslogd-listfiles.
+#
+# Please read the manpage to syslogd-listfiles for details.
#
# Written by Martin Schulze <[email protected]>.
+# config file feature added by Craig Sanders <[email protected]>
# $Id: cron.daily,v 1.4 2001/03/11 23:00:53 joey Exp $
test -x /usr/sbin/syslogd-listfiles || exit 0
+test -e /etc/default/sysklogd && . /etc/default/sysklogd
+
+test "$DAILY" = "true" && S_OPTS = "$S_OPTS -a"
+
+# if D_CYCLE is not defined in /etc/default/sysklogd then
+# default to 7.
+test -z "$D_CYCLE" && D_CYCLE=4
cd /var/log
-for LOG in `syslogd-listfiles`
+for LOG in `syslogd-listfiles $S_OPTS`
do
if [ -s $LOG ]; then
- savelog -g adm -m 640 -u root -c 7 $LOG >/dev/null
+ savelog -g adm -m 640 -u root -c $D_CYCLE $LOG >/dev/null
fi
done
-for LOG in `syslogd-listfiles --auth`
+for LOG in `syslogd-listfiles --auth $S_OPTS`
do
if [ -s $LOG ]; then
chown root.adm $LOG
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craig sanders <[email protected]>
Fabricati Diem, PVNC.
-- motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch
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Version: 1.5-6.2+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package sysklogd has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see http://bugs.debian.org/707655
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