Bug 745093 - [RFE] Do not use log rotation for /var/log/boot.log
Summary: [RFE] Do not use log rotation for /var/log/boot.log
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: rsyslog
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tomas Heinrich
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-10-11 11:43 UTC by Tomas Heinrich
Modified: 2012-02-23 15:19 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of: 683537
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Last Closed: 2012-02-23 15:19:25 UTC
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Description Tomas Heinrich 2011-10-11 11:43:47 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #683537 +++

rsyslog includes /var/log/boot.log in the /etc/logrotate.d/syslog file. Since
the boot.log file is only written to during boot up, it doesn't need to be
rotated on a schedule. 

Currently, the rotation is causing a new boot.log file to get created with zero
length while the old one gets a date appended to it. Eventually, when enough
rotations occur, the boot.log data gets lost.

--- Additional comment from sandro.bonazzola on 2011-06-27 11:22:08 CEST ---

Present in Fedora 15 also.
After the boot,/var/log/boot.log is empty.
The log of the boot are in var/log/boot.log-<today>

rpm -qf /etc/logrotate.d/syslog 
rsyslog-5.7.9-3.fc15.i686
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