Bug#1036658: release-notes: 5.1.8. rsyslog creates fewer log files - mail.log is not dropped

[Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>]

Am 24.05.23 um 14:52 schrieb Christoph Anton Mitterer:
> On Wed, 2023-05-24 at 09:47 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> > > The following would be at least a bit more restrictive:
> > >    /var/log/mail.{info,warn,err} /var/log/lpr.log
> > > /var/log/{messages,debug,daemon.log}
> > >    /var/log/mail.{info,warn,err}.* /var/log/lpr.log.*
> > > /var/log/{messages,debug,daemon.log}.*
> > >
> > > not perfect though, cause it could still select unrelated files
> >
> > It only matches compressed files though
>
> Mine? That I don't understand... I have the ones with just the name of
> the logfile itself... and then .*, which should match the non-
> compressed .0, .1, etc. as any .0.xz, .1.xz, etc.?

Sorry, I meant: It (the expresssion like /var/log/lpr.log.*) only 
matches rotated files, but not the actual log file itself.

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