You have a valid point and I will look into addressing the issue. My current thinking is that the change to the logrotate script will be non-trivial, since it must reliably detect a running client. Also I believe that most users of the package opt to let start on boot and leave it running all of the time. As such, I'm going to make this change wait until after etch has been released.
As an interim solution, I suggest that you remove the log rotate script. since you are only running the client periodically, you probably don't need the logrotate functionality. James On Sunday 21 January 2007 22:59, Ian B. MacDonald wrote: > Package: distributed-net > Version: 2.9013.498-3 > Severity: minor > > When distributed-net is stopped, it magically auto-starts on its own when > the logrotate scripts are run as part of a cron job. At first I thought > this was part of the package post-install due to an update. But with long > uptimes and no updates, it still seemed to end up running. A quick grep > revealed the logrotate call. > > This results in the unexpected start. The "reload" is called clearly in > the logrotate.d script weekly. I have distributed-net installed, and like > to run it from time to time but have it disabled on startup. The weekly > auto-start seems to not be the intent of the logrotate script and perhaps > therefore a minor bug. > > Perhaps the reload needs to be conditional, either in logrotate.d or in the > actual init.d script to ensure that if it is not already running, the > logrotate script does not start it. > > Ian > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 4.0 > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-xen-k7 > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > > Versions of packages distributed-net depends on: > ii bind9-host [host] 1:9.3.3-1 Version of 'host' bundled with > BIN ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Shared > libraries > > Versions of packages distributed-net recommends: > ii logrotate 3.7.1-3 Log rotation utility > > -- no debconf information
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