Description of problem:
Glusterfs's logrotate config file in the /etc/logrotate.d directory pollutes logrotate's global config file at /etc/logrotate.conf. Namely, the file /etc/logrotate.d/glusterfs-georep has global directives in the beginning of the file that reads
"""
rotate 52
missingok
compress
delaycompress
notifempty
"""
When this file is included into logrotate's config file (line 18 of /etc/logrotate.conf, which reads "include /etc/logrotate.d"), it is splashed into the state of logrotate's config reader, "as if it was included inline" (man logrotate). Therefore, those lines will override whatever corresponding configuration terms already present in /etc/logrotate.conf.
Especially, the "rotate 52" directive will delay the removal of old logs up to a year globally (!!), resulting in a large number of old logs that should have been deleted.
Please move the above directives inside the curly braces so they don't pollute the global config state.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
glusterfs-3.5.2-1.fc20
How reproducible:
Very.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install glusterfs.
2. Watch old logs grow; output of logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.conf showing "52 rotations" not just for glusterfs georeplication logs but almost all other logs.
Actual results:
Many old logs are not removed. logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.conf output shows "52 rotations" for all logs processed after glusterfs-georep that don't override the "rotate" directive individually.
Expected results:
Should not have interfered with other logs.
Additional info:
The spurious old logs caused by this still needs manual removal after the fix, because logrotate, given "rotate 4" directive, won't even touch beyond the 5th log file.
Filed upstream Gluster Community Bug 1126801 for getting a fix included in the next release.
This bug will be used to track the status of the fix for the Fedora package(s).
Upstream has extras/glusterfs{,-georep}-logrotate files which we should be using exclusively.
Currently it appears that we install both the upstream and dist-git logrotate files in /etc/logrotate.d and because we use a wildcard in the %files section of the glusterfs.spec we (erroneously) package all of them.
Changed the summary accordingly.