Package: mailman Version: 1:2.1.9-7 Severity: important Mailman does not re-open error.log when it gets SIGHUP, causing loss of error messages:
$ lsof +L1 COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NLINK NODE NAME mailmanct 12578 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12584 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12584 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12585 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12585 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12586 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12586 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12587 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12587 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12588 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12588 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12589 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12589 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12590 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12590 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12591 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12591 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) $ kill -HUP $(sudo cat /var/run/mailman/mailman.pid) $ lsof +L1 COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NLINK NODE NAME mailmanct 12578 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12584 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12584 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12585 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12585 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12586 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12586 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12587 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12587 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12588 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12588 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12589 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12589 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12590 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12590 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12591 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) python 12591 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted) -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (540, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages mailman depends on: ii adduser 3.102 Add and remove users and groups ii apache2 2.2.3-4 Next generation, scalable, extenda ii apache2-mpm-worker [httpd] 2.2.3-4 High speed threaded model for Apac ii cron 3.0pl1-100 management of regular background p ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy ii exim4 4.63-17 metapackage to ease exim MTA (v4) ii exim4-daemon-heavy [mail-tr 4.63-17 exim MTA (v4) daemon with extended ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii logrotate 3.7.1-3 Log rotation utility ii lsb-base 3.1-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip ii pwgen 2.05-1 Automatic Password generation ii python 2.4.4-2 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-support 0.5.6 automated rebuilding support for p ii ucf 2.0020 Update Configuration File: preserv mailman recommends no packages. -- debconf information: mailman/queue_files_present: * mailman/default_server_language: en mailman/gate_news: false * mailman/site_languages: en * mailman/used_languages: en * mailman/create_site_list: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
