Re: log rotation, syslogd and debian

["Gary Hennigan" <glhenni@sandia.gov>]

CaT <cat@zip.com.au> writes:
> Ok. I've pondered but couldn't figure it out. Why does debian not
> use logrotate for the rotation of syslog files and stuff? It seems
> easy enough.
> 
> The only possible reason I can think of is that you folks don't
> want syslogd restarted after each file. But then that's easy enough
> to get around by putting the syslogd restart on the last syslogd file
> in the config. 
> 
> So... How come it ain't done? :)

Umm, I'm running Potato and it is using logrotate. Maybe it's only
used if you install it?

% dpkg -l|grep logrotate
ii  logrotate      3.2-11         Log rotation utility

Gary