Bug 1221963

Summary:	Logwatch cron files not marked correctly as %config(noreplace) - Fixed in Fedora
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Jan Synacek <jsynacek>
Component:	logwatch	Assignee:	Jan Synacek <jsynacek>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Martin Frodl <mfrodl>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	6.8	CC:	dkutalek, dmaziuk, mfrodl, negativo17, qe-baseos-apps, salmy
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	EasyFix, Patch
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Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Fixed In Version:	logwatch-7.3.6-53.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Clone Of:	1221903	Environment:
Last Closed:	2016-01-11 13:23:34 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Bug Depends On:	1221903
Bug Blocks:	1172231, 1270825

Description Jan Synacek 2015-05-15 10:49:32 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1221903 +++

Description of problem:

/etc/cron.daily/0logwatch is not marked as a configuration file, so any change to it is not preserved. This makes impossible to customize logwatch behaviour, as with any update the cron script is replaced; making logwatch pretty useless.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

7.4.0-28.20130522svn140.el7

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install logwatch
2. Edit /etc/cron.daily/0logwatch
3. Reinstall or update logwatch

Actual results:

The file is overwritten, it should not be.

Expected results:

The file should not be overwritten and should be preserved.

Additional info:

Fedora logwatch package has the proper fix in place since August 2013 (!):

http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/logwatch.git/tree/logwatch.spec#n166

While RHEL 7, being branched before, does not have it. Please backport the fix, it is simply as marking the logwatch file %config(noreplace).

--- Additional comment from Simone Caronni on 2015-05-15 10:18:40 CEST ---

Original thread:

http://sourceforge.net/p/bacula/mailman/message/34113406/

Comment 1 Dimitri Maziuk 2015-05-15 14:49:34 UTC

*Note* that in RHEL (centos) 6 adding "save = /some/file" to logwatch.conf worked last I tried so this was "notabug" at least as far as changing the output destination goes.

In centos 7 cron.daily/0logwatch runs it with "--output=mail" overriding logwatch.conf -- that is the problem as far as I'm concerned.

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2016-01-11 13:23:34 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-0020.html