tags 96153 wontfix
thanks
On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 02:15:35AM -0400, Tom Metro wrote:
> Paul Martin writes:
> >Bear in mind, also that the current version in unstable doesn't
> >understand that syntax any more (due to upstream changes).
>
> That must have changed, as 3.7-5 (stable) still works with a wildcard.
Yes, it got reimplemented. The glob-based bugs (eg. directory removed by
dpkg --remove, but logrotate script remains and conf file uses
wildcards) are the result.
This problem is now documented in the manpage:
Please use wildcards with caution. If you specify *, logrotate will
rotate all files, including previously rotated ones. A way around this
is to use the olddir directive or a more exact wildcard (such as
*.log).
Similarly, the glob misbehaviour is documented:
If the directory /var/log/news does not exist, this will cause logro-
tate to report an error. This error cannot be stopped with the missin-
gok directive.
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