Bug 604686

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #579680 +++

Hello,

the logrotate package was updated to version logrotate-3.7.4-9
as of advisory RHBA-2008:0881-3

Now the problem with the missing postrotate and prerotate argument 
is getting worse.

Because now the argument is a list of _all_ logfiles which are rotated.

BUT IT SHOULD BE the first argument - the _one_ logfile that is rotated
at this invocation.

Example for an postrotate script as running fine in nearly all
RHEL and RHL releases before but now it is useless:

/var/log/xxx/*.log
/var/log/xxx/debug
{
    daily
    rotate 7
    missingok
    ifempty
    compress
    delaycompress
    create
    lastaction
        service yyy condrestart &>/dev/null
        service yyy condrestart &>/dev/null
    endscript
    postrotate
      [ -f $1.7.gz ] && gzip -dc $1.7.gz | bzip2 >> $1.archive.bz2 && rm
$1.7.gz
      exit 0
    endscript
}

arg1 holds "/var/log/lpis/*.log" on every invocation :-(

Comment from Assignee on reopen of https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445554 was
...
  the referenced bug has been opened by the Support Engineering (i.e., on
behalf of the paying customer), I'm not going to re-open it.  If you have a
valid subscription, please go through the standard support channels.  If not
then you may file a new bug yourself and hope for the best.  I'm really sorry.

Also note that you have been using an undocumented feature which always
comes at risk.

Another bad news -- even though I'm still the logrotate upstream developer, I
don't maintain it in RHEL any more and I even left the Engineering department.

So again: if you don't have a valid subscription your best chance is to file
a new bug.
...

Kind Regards, Roland

--- Additional comment from jkaluza on 2010-06-16 09:50:55 EDT ---

Created an attachment (id=424455)
proposed patch

I think this patch could fix your problem. If "sharedscripts" is not specified in config file, currently rotated file is passed as arg1 to postrotate/prerotate script. If "sharedscripts" is specified, old behaviour is used (whole pattern is passed to postrotate/prerotate script).