Bug#959191: release-notes: mention configuration file split in logrotate

[Christian Göttsche]

Package: release-notes

With version 3.14.0 [1] logrotate split the configuration for btmp and
wtmp into separate configuration files.
There are bug reports regarding this issue: #945932, #928516, #922045.

Over at #946779 Julien suggested adding a section (5.3.10 ?).

Maybe the section can be like the following:

The shipped configurations for "/var/log/btmp" and "/var/log/wtmp" have
been split from the main configuration file (/etc/logrotate.conf) into
separate standalone files (/etc/logrotate.d/btmp respectively
/etc/logrotate.d/wtmp).

If you had modified /etc/logrotate.conf in this regard, make sure
to re-adjust the two new files to your needs and drop any references to
(b|w)tmp from the main file, to avoid logrotate skip rotation due to a
duplicate definition.


Best regards,
Christian Göttsche

[1]: https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate/blob/master/ChangeLog.md#3140---2018-03-09

[Justin B Rye]

Post by Christian Göttsche
Package: release-notes
With version 3.14.0 [1] logrotate split the configuration for btmp and
wtmp into separate configuration files.
There are bug reports regarding this issue: #945932, #928516, #922045.

To me this seems more like something that should go in the logrotate
NEWS.Debian file, but maybe that's too hard to get into Stable, so

Post by Christian Göttsche
Over at #946779 Julien suggested adding a section (5.3.10 ?).

It would also need a title; maybe something like

5.3.10 Split in configuration for logrotate

Post by Christian Göttsche
The shipped configurations for "/var/log/btmp" and "/var/log/wtmp" have
been split from the main configuration file (/etc/logrotate.conf) into
separate standalone files (/etc/logrotate.d/btmp respectively

^^^^^^^^^^^

Post by Christian Göttsche
/etc/logrotate.d/wtmp).

"Respectively" isn't a conjunction, and there's no need here for
anything more complicated than "and".

Post by Christian Göttsche
If you had modified /etc/logrotate.conf in this regard, make sure

^^^
s/had/have/

Post by Christian Göttsche
to re-adjust the two new files to your needs and drop any references to
(b|w)tmp from the main file, to avoid logrotate skip rotation due to a

^^^^

Post by Christian Göttsche
duplicate definition.

Quick fix: s/skip/skipping/. Probably better:

since duplicate definitions can cause errors.

[Andrei POPESCU]

Post by Justin B Rye

Post by Christian Göttsche
Package: release-notes
With version 3.14.0 [1] logrotate split the configuration for btmp and
wtmp into separate configuration files.
There are bug reports regarding this issue: #945932, #928516, #922045.

To me this seems more like something that should go in the logrotate
NEWS.Debian file, but maybe that's too hard to get into Stable, so

Indeed.

Post by Justin B Rye

Post by Christian Göttsche
Over at #946779 Julien suggested adding a section (5.3.10 ?).

It would also need a title; maybe something like
5.3.10 Split in configuration for logrotate

Post by Christian Göttsche
The shipped configurations for "/var/log/btmp" and "/var/log/wtmp" have
been split from the main configuration file (/etc/logrotate.conf) into
separate standalone files (/etc/logrotate.d/btmp respectively

^^^^^^^^^^^

Post by Christian Göttsche
/etc/logrotate.d/wtmp).

"Respectively" isn't a conjunction, and there's no need here for
anything more complicated than "and".

Post by Christian Göttsche
If you had modified /etc/logrotate.conf in this regard, make sure

^^^
s/had/have/

Post by Christian Göttsche
to re-adjust the two new files to your needs and drop any references to
(b|w)tmp from the main file, to avoid logrotate skip rotation due to a

^^^^

Post by Christian Göttsche
duplicate definition.

since duplicate definitions can cause errors.

FWIW, LGTM.

Kind regards,
Andrei

[Paul Gevers]

Hi,

Post by Andrei POPESCU

Post by Justin B Rye
It would also need a title; maybe something like
5.3.10 Split in configuration for logrotate

Post by Christian Göttsche
The shipped configurations for "/var/log/btmp" and "/var/log/wtmp" have
been split from the main configuration file (/etc/logrotate.conf) into
separate standalone files (/etc/logrotate.d/btmp respectively

^^^^^^^^^^^

Post by Christian Göttsche
/etc/logrotate.d/wtmp).

"Respectively" isn't a conjunction, and there's no need here for
anything more complicated than "and".

Post by Christian Göttsche
If you had modified /etc/logrotate.conf in this regard, make sure

^^^
s/had/have/

Post by Christian Göttsche
to re-adjust the two new files to your needs and drop any references to
(b|w)tmp from the main file, to avoid logrotate skip rotation due to a

^^^^

Post by Christian Göttsche
duplicate definition.

since duplicate definitions can cause errors.

FWIW, LGTM.

Pushed, thanks. Should be available after the next build.

Paul

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