w00ps, find an updated patch attached. I forgot to run dquilt update after a
few more improvements.

Gr.

Matthijs
Index: logrotate-3.7.8/logrotate.8
===================================================================
--- logrotate-3.7.8.orig/logrotate.8	2010-05-03 12:25:04.013761517 +0200
+++ logrotate-3.7.8/logrotate.8	2010-05-03 13:38:33.861513873 +0200
@@ -222,6 +222,11 @@
 The default value is -%Y%m%d. Note that also the character separating log
 name from the extension is part of the dateformat string. The system clock
 must be set past Sep 9th 2001 for %s to work correctly.
+Note that the datestamps generated by this format must be lexically sortable
+(i.e., first the year, then the month then the day. e.g., 2001/12/01 is ok,
+but 01/12/2001 is not, since 01/11/2002 would sort lower while it is later).
+This is because when using the \fBrotate\fR option, logrotate sorts all
+rotated filenames to find out which logfiles are older and should be removed.
 
 .TP
 \fBdelaycompress\fR

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