logrotate [LSARC/2008/359 FastTrack timeout 06/10/2008]

[James Carlson]

Ceri Davies writes:
> On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 07:24:05AM -0400, James Carlson wrote:
> > Nicolas Williams writes:
> > > "Sets it up" -> edit root's crontab?
> > 
> > Do you mean to say that installing the package doesn't automatically
> > do that, so the software is usable out of the box?  That'd be a shame.
> 
> I'm not sure how the packager would have any idea what logs I might be
> interested in rotating.  I don't expect installing the StarOffice
> packages to update my CV for me :)

I don't quite understand.  What does /etc/logrotate.conf do if it
doesn't specify the list of files to be rotated (just like the
existing /etc/logadm.conf)?

Why would the user have to specify the rotation of log files in both
the crontab entry and in the logrotate.conf configuration file ... ?

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