Hi! I can confirm this bug using 2.4.2-3 package from Debian Sarge and I can confirm that this fix works.
One might consider changing the maximum filesize of 1G to a smaller value and maybe change permissions of the created old files to 0440, so that permissions are 0440 like the copied logfiles from news.daily -r--r----- 1 news news 204 Mar 1 04:08 expire.log.1.gz -r--r----- 1 news news 202 Feb 28 04:08 expire.log.2.gz -r--r----- 1 news news 204 Feb 27 04:08 expire.log.3.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 2237 Mar 1 12:34 innfeed.log.1.gz Greetings Torge -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]