Public bug reported: There's no way to force rotation for any given package (i.e. file in /etc/logrotate.d/) if that package uses noifempty and the first/current logfile is empty. IMO logrotate's -f option (or a new option) should allow overriding this from the command line.
** Affects: logrotate (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- no way to force rotation for a package if noifempty in use https://launchpad.net/bugs/53634 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs