What's weird is that old dates are not always reused: # date Thu Aug 18 09:17:56 EDT 2016
# service tomcat7 restart * Stopping Tomcat servlet engine tomcat7 [ OK ] * Starting Tomcat servlet engine tomcat7 [ OK ] # ll -tr /var/log/tomcat7/ ... -rw-r--r-- 1 tomcat7 tomcat7 139590 Aug 18 09:16 sptt-catalina -rw-r--r-- 1 tomcat7 tomcat7 101 Aug 18 09:17 lnhpd-catalina -rw-r--r-- 1 tomcat7 tomcat7 145076 Aug 18 09:17 rtbd_access.2016-08-18.log -rw-r--r-- 1 tomcat7 tomcat7 159354 Aug 18 09:17 lnhpd-catalina.2016-08-17.log -rw-r--r-- 1 tomcat7 tomcat7 0 Aug 18 09:17 localhost.2016-08-18.log -rw-r--r-- 1 tomcat7 adm 38205 Aug 18 09:17 catalina.out -rw-r--r-- 1 tomcat7 tomcat7 4201 Aug 18 09:17 catalina.2016-08-18.log Here, only lnhpd-catalina.2016-08-17.log has the wrong date, the others are fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614536 Title: cron logrotation fail on existing files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7/+bug/1614536/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs