On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 10:58:28PM +1100, CaT wrote: > On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 10:23:38AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 05:11:25PM +1100, CaT wrote: > > > So there is absolutely no need for the create option in logrotate > > > > Not having the logs created might break monitoring mechanisms. > > Well it is kind of a choice between maybe breaking poorly written > monitoring schemes (the lack of a log should merely be a hint to > check deeper rather then be the be-all and end-all of ones decision > making) and definately breaking the very system that they are meant > to monitor.
I consider this race condition to be minor, since it obviously only happens on very heavily loaded systems, which should have a competent system admin around to isolate the issue. You are always free to change the configuration yourself, /etc/logrotate.d/exim4-base is a dpkg-conffile. This might as well be a logrotate bug which I plan to investigate in due time. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
