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Bug#2950: /etc/cron.weekly/sysklogd needs to be a conffile



Package: syslogd
Version: 1.3-2

I have edited my /etc/syslog.conf to direct mail logging to a separate
file - mail.log.  This is no problem since /etc/syslog.conf is a
conffile.  I get asked if I want it overwritten and I say no...

The problem occurs in that I want the mail.log file to be rotated with
the rest.  Therefore, I edited /etc/cron.weekly/sysklogd.  Simple
enough.  But then, I upgraded sysklogd last week and find out this week
that my mail.log was never rotated.  Oops, the cron file was
overwritten.  Thankfully, I keep all the system files in RCS and just
checked out the latest version.  Still, it was frustrating.

Darren


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