Bug 1549474

Summary: journalctl stops working as soon as it encounters an empty journal file [rhel-7.4.z]
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Oneata Mircea Teodor <toneata>
Component: systemdAssignee: systemd-maint
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Frantisek Sumsal <fsumsal>
Severity: low Docs Contact: Marie Hornickova <mdolezel>
Priority: urgent    
Version: 7.3CC: fhirtz, fsumsal, mmatsuya, msekleta, ovasik, systemd-maint-list, ysoni
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: ZStream
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: systemd-219-42.el7_4.10 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Previously, the journalctl utility stopped when it encountered an empty file in the systemd journal logs. With this update, systemd has been fixed to report an error message about such situation, and to continue scanning other files in the journal log under the described circumstances.
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Clone Of: 1465759 Environment:
Last Closed: 2018-03-06 21:50:34 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 1465759    
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Description Oneata Mircea Teodor 2018-02-27 08:03:26 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #1465759 and has been proposed to be backported to 7.4 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2018-03-06 21:50:34 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:0416