Logwatch bug?

[Erik P. Olsen]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Erik P. Olsen wrote:
>> After I updated logwatch to version 7.3.4 on March 4 I haven't 
>> received any nightly logwatch reports and if I launch logwatch from 
>> the command prompt no output is produced and I haven't been able to 
>> find any logged error messages.
>>
>> It smells much like a bug but before reporting it I would like to hear 
>> if others have noticed this problem.
>>
> Did you upgrade anything else at the same time? You may want to run 
> "tail /var/log/messages" and look at the date of the last message. You 
> may need to restart syslog or rsyslog.

Yes, I upgraded the following packages:

Mar  4 07:03:48 epohost yum: Updated: arts - 8:1.5.9-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:04:17 epohost yum: Updated: kdelibs - 6:3.5.9-3.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:04:18 epohost yum: Updated: dbus - 1.0.2-7.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:04:48 epohost yum: Updated: kdebase - 6:3.5.9-3.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:04:54 epohost yum: Updated: xscreensaver-base - 1:5.05-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:04:58 epohost yum: Updated: xscreensaver-extras - 1:5.05-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:05:17 epohost yum: Updated: kdemultimedia - 6:3.5.9-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:05:39 epohost yum: Updated: kdepim - 6:3.5.9-6.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:05:50 epohost yum: Updated: kdeutils - 6:3.5.9-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:05:56 epohost yum: Updated: kdeutils-extras - 6:3.5.9-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:06:04 epohost yum: Updated: kdemultimedia-extras - 6:3.5.9-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:06:08 epohost yum: Updated: kdeartwork-kxs - 3.5.9-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:06:08 epohost yum: Updated: xscreensaver-gl-base - 1:5.05-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:06:11 epohost yum: Updated: xscreensaver-gl-extras - 1:5.05-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:06:25 epohost yum: Updated: kdeaccessibility - 1:3.5.9-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:06:30 epohost yum: Updated: kdetoys - 7:3.5.9-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:06:48 epohost yum: Updated: kdegames - 6:3.5.9-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:07:08 epohost yum: Updated: kdeedu - 3.5.9-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:07:10 epohost yum: Updated: xen-libs - 3.1.2-2.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:07:11 epohost yum: Installed: libopendaap - 0.4.0-4.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:07:17 epohost yum: Installed: vlc-core - 0.8.6e-1.lvn7.i386
Mar  4 07:07:18 epohost yum: Installed: transfig - 1:3.2.5-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:07:18 epohost yum: Installed: gocr - 0.44-2.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:07:26 epohost yum: Updated: kdegraphics - 7:3.5.9-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:07:37 epohost yum: Updated: kdegraphics-extras - 7:3.5.9-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:07:37 epohost yum: Installed: rdesktop - 1.5.0-2.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:07:56 epohost yum: Updated: kdenetwork - 7:3.5.9-2.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:08:05 epohost yum: Updated: gnome-commander - 1.2.5-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:08:12 epohost yum: Updated: kdeaddons - 3.5.9-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:08:16 epohost yum: Updated: kdeartwork - 3.5.9-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:08:20 epohost yum: Updated: dbus-x11 - 1.0.2-7.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:08:27 epohost yum: Updated: kdeadmin - 7:3.5.9-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:08:32 epohost yum: Updated: qemu - 0.9.0-5.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:08:36 epohost yum: Updated: grsync - 0.6.1-2.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:08:38 epohost yum: Updated: monsterz - 0.7.1-3.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:08:38 epohost yum: Updated: kvm - 36-9.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:08:39 epohost yum: Updated: libsilc - 1.0.2-5.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:08:42 epohost yum: Installed: dejavu-fonts - 2.17-1.fc7.noarch
Mar  4 07:08:46 epohost yum: Updated: logwatch - 7.3.4-11.fc7.noarch
Mar  4 07:08:49 epohost yum: Updated: vlc - 0.8.6e-1.lvn7.i386
Mar  4 07:08:51 epohost yum: Updated: kdeartwork-extras - 3.5.9-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:08:55 epohost yum: Updated: xscreensaver-extras-gss - 1:5.05-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:08:55 epohost yum: Updated: xscreensaver-gl-extras-gss - 1:5.05-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:09:09 epohost yum: Updated: kde-i18n-Swedish - 1:3.5.9-4.fc7.noarch
Mar  4 07:09:15 epohost yum: Updated: thunderbird - 2.0.0.12-1.fc7.i386
Mar  4 07:09:22 epohost yum: Updated: dbus-devel - 1.0.2-7.fc7.i386

As I mentioned there is no trace of logwatch or similar in messages and syslog 
has been restarted.

-- 
Erik.