A google search turned up this as the most likely candidate for my logrotate+gzip issues.
I'm going to try this for a workaround: /var/log/upstart/*.log { daily missingok rotate 7 compress notifempty nocreate # Added by wjd 2017-03 for launchpad bug #1350782 delaycompress sharedscripts postrotate lsof | awk '/ \/var\/log\/upstart\/.*\.log.+/{print $9}' | sed -e 's#.*/##;s#\..*##' | xargs -IX service X restart >/dev/null endscript } -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1350782 Title: Upstart does not reopen /var/log/upstart/* logfiles upon log rotation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1350782/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs