Your message dated Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:33:47 +0200 with message-id <CAJ2a_DdNrXf76BYNBu_k3vu7cB3nF5vFhg=r750jh8psc7t...@mail.gmail.com> and subject line has caused the Debian Bug report #165548, regarding logrotate: loop error results in trying to rename a file to itself to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: logrotate Version: 3.6.5-2 Severity: wishlist In the file logrotate.c the line: for (i = rotateCount + logStart; (i >= 0) && !hasErrors; i--) { Should be changed to: for (i = rotateCount + logStart - 1; (i >= 0) && !hasErrors; i--) { Otherwise when rotating the log files you'll see something like the following in strace: rename("/var/log/ddtcd.log.6.gz", "/var/log/ddtcd.log.6.gz") = 0 rename("/var/log/ddtcd.log.5.gz", "/var/log/ddtcd.log.6.gz") = 0 rename("/var/log/ddtcd.log.4.gz", "/var/log/ddtcd.log.5.gz") = 0 rename("/var/log/ddtcd.log.3.gz", "/var/log/ddtcd.log.4.gz") = 0 rename("/var/log/ddtcd.log.2.gz", "/var/log/ddtcd.log.3.gz") = 0 rename("/var/log/ddtcd.log.1.gz", "/var/log/ddtcd.log.2.gz") = 0 rename("/var/log/ddtcd.log.0.gz", "/var/log/ddtcd.log.1.gz") = 0 -- System Information Debian Release: testing/unstable Kernel Version: Linux lyta 2.4.19lsm #1 Wed Sep 25 15:49:15 CEST 2002 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux Versions of the packages logrotate depends on: ii base-passwd 3.4.2 Debian Base System Password/Group Files ii cron 3.0pl1-72.se4 management of regular background processing ii libc6 2.3.1-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ii libpopt0 1.6.4-2 lib for parsing cmdline parameters anacron Not installed or no info
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--- Begin Message ---Fixed upstream long ago.
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