Bug#391892: exim4-base: combination of logrotate file and cron.d file result in spurious warning mails

2006-10-12 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 01:02:25AM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: OK, I think that we are just going to have to agree to disagree on this one. I think it violates the principle of least surprise, but you (I understand) think that making sure admins get the message is top priority, even if it

Bug#391892: exim4-base: combination of logrotate file and cron.d file result in spurious warning mails

2006-10-10 Thread Stephen Gran
OK, I think that we are just going to have to agree to disagree on this one. I think it violates the principle of least surprise, but you (I understand) think that making sure admins get the message is top priority, even if it means more work for them. Feel free to dispose of the report as you

Bug#391892: exim4-base: combination of logrotate file and cron.d file result in spurious warning mails

2006-10-09 Thread Stephen Gran
Package: exim4-base Version: 4.63-4 Severity: normal Hello, /etc/logrotate.d/exim4-base contains a size parameter, preventing it from rotating until the paniclog grows to this size. /etc/cron.daily/exim4-base checks the paniclog every day, and by default, sends an email if paniclog is a non-zero

Bug#391892: exim4-base: combination of logrotate file and cron.d file result in spurious warning mails

2006-10-09 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 10:56:40AM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: /etc/logrotate.d/exim4-base contains a size parameter, preventing it from rotating until the paniclog grows to this size. /etc/cron.daily/exim4-base checks the paniclog every day, and by default, sends an email if paniclog is a

Bug#391892: exim4-base: combination of logrotate file and cron.d file result in spurious warning mails

2006-10-09 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Marc Haber said: On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 10:56:40AM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: /etc/logrotate.d/exim4-base contains a size parameter, preventing it from rotating until the paniclog grows to this size. /etc/cron.daily/exim4-base checks the paniclog every day, and

Bug#391892: exim4-base: combination of logrotate file and cron.d file result in spurious warning mails

2006-10-09 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 11:45:49AM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: So if there is ever an error that results in a write to paniclog, the local admin has to move it out of the way manually? Or am I misunderstanding you? Yes. In case of transient errors (see

Bug#391892: exim4-base: combination of logrotate file and cron.d file result in spurious warning mails

2006-10-09 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Marc Haber said: On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 11:45:49AM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: So if there is ever an error that results in a write to paniclog, the local admin has to move it out of the way manually? Or am I misunderstanding you? Yes. In case of transient

Bug#391892: exim4-base: combination of logrotate file and cron.d file result in spurious warning mails

2006-10-09 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 01:14:59PM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: This one time, at band camp, Marc Haber said: Yes. In case of transient errors (see http://www.exim.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=92), it can be configured in /etc/default/exim4 that messages that match a noise regexp are not

Bug#391892: exim4-base: combination of logrotate file and cron.d file result in spurious warning mails

2006-10-09 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Marc Haber said: On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 01:14:59PM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: I manually fixed the syntax error, reload exim, move on. Mistake here. Rotate panicloc is missing. The paniclog should always be empty, and if it's not, that is alarm signal.

Bug#391892: exim4-base: combination of logrotate file and cron.d file result in spurious warning mails

2006-10-09 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 02:54:42PM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: This one time, at band camp, Marc Haber said: On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 01:14:59PM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: I manually fixed the syntax error, reload exim, move on. Mistake here. Rotate panicloc is missing. The paniclog