Bug#327006: wtmp rotation is annoying; breaks common uses of 'last'

2005-09-07 Thread Paul Martin
severity 327006 wishlist thanks On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 10:34:19PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > The rotation of the wtmp file (and btmp) on a monthly basis is broken. If you don't want the files to be rotated, edit logrotate.conf. > It would be far better if this file was not rotated by logrotate.

Bug#327006: wtmp rotation is annoying; breaks common uses of 'last'

2005-09-06 Thread Joey Hess
Package: logrotate Version: 3.7.1-2 Severity: normal The rotation of the wtmp file (and btmp) on a monthly basis is broken. It makes last useless for a significant fraction of the time -- at least during the first week or so of each month, it's not a reliable indicator of the last logins. Using la