Your message dated Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:58:11 +0100
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and subject line [pkg-fetchmail-maint] Bug#404740: Log-file is not written,
after it has been rotated (daemon-mode)
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Package: fetchmail
Version: 6.3.6~rc3-1
Severity: important
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I will try to explain:
fetchmail runs in daemon-mode with the following (relevant) options in
/etc/fetchmailrc:
set logfile /var/log/fetchmail
set no syslog
So let's say, I start fetchmail in daemon mode (user: fetchmail):
/etc/init.d/fetchmail start
Now my /var/log/fetchmail(.1.gz) log at last says:
fetchmail: Mi 27 Dez 2006 20:19:49 CET: schlafe 1800 Sekunden lang
(sleeping at ... for the non-German readers)
Then the file has been rotated and a new /var/log/fetchmail was created.
But fetchmail did not write to the new file. The file stayed empty until
the daemon was restarted, although there were several fetchmail runs
during the log-rotation and the daemon restart.
I observed this issue several times. Please tell me, if you need further
information. I will try to provide them.
Regards, Daniel
- -- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (850, 'unstable'), (700, 'testing'), (550, 'stable'), (110,
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Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17.09060920
Locale: LANG=de_DE, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages fetchmail depends on:
ii adduser 3.101 Add and remove users and groups
ii debianutils 2.17.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii gettext 0.16.1-1 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8c-4 SSL shared libraries
ii lsb-base 3.1-22 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
Versions of packages fetchmail recommends:
ii ca-certificates 20061027 Common CA Certificates PEM files
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Am Donnerstag, den 28.12.2006, 22:48 +0100 schrieb Matthias Andree:
> fetchmail doesn't close its logfile, except if you restart fetchmail.
>
> Presuming it was you and not Debian to configure a logfile, arrange to
> have fetchmail shut down before logfile rotation and started after
> logfile rotation.
Argh. You are so damn right.
> This does not appear to be anything more than a wishlist item.
I simply close this, because fetchmail behaves correctly. If you are
interested in the logrotate file (as example), just give me a sign.
Sorry for the noise and regards,
Daniel
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