F22 rsyslog and logrotate: looks like a bug to me

[Ed Greshko]

On 06/11/15 03:11, Mark C. Allman wrote:
> I see this line in /etc/logrotate.d/syslog:
>
> /bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid 2>/dev/null` 2>/dev/null||true
>
> The PID file for rsyslog is actually /var/run/rsyslogd.pid, therefore
> once logrotate runs the new log files, e.g., messages, maillog, etc.,
> are empty.  Sound like a bug to you all?
>
> I'm running F22 kernel 4.0.4-301.fc22.x86_64 and I just upgraded via
> dnf.
>

Yes, it seems the name of the pid file has changed between rsyslog-7.4.10-5.fc21 and rsyslog-8.8.0-2.fc22 but the associated logrotate file wasn't updated to reflect the change.

So, you should file a bugzilla against rsyslog in F22.

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