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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).
*Note* that in RHEL (centos) 6 adding "save = /some/file" to logwatch.conf worked and 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.
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-2016-2312.html