Control: tags -1 moreinfo > the logrotate.service failed when started by the systemd under the following > conditions: > - There is no graphical target but the system runs to multi-user.target, > - The system was not started for a few days, > - The logrotate service was started at boot time, maybe triggered by the > stand still period, > - The /var directory is separated to a dedicated md device. > > There was no error after manually starting the service at the command line > when the system was up. > > If you don't wish that users will be faced by error messages at boot time it > would be help to complete the unit description in the file > /lib/systemd/system/logrotate.service by simply add the following statement > to the unit section: After=local-fs.target.
By default the logrotate timer depends on sysinit.target[1], which depends on local-fs.target[2]. Some there is probably something else going on. Maybe your /var mountpoint is not correctly setup as dependency for local-fs.target? [1]: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.timer.html#Default%20Dependencies [2]: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/bootup.html#System%20Manager%20Bootup
