Package: ntp
Version: 4.0.98h-1
Severity: normal

Am I right that some log files of the ntp package do not get gziped or rotated?
Is it done on purpose?

[09:36:44 /tmp]$ ls -l /var/log/ntpstats/ 
total 277
-rw-r--r--    2 root     adm          1680 Dec 27 09:22 loopstats
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm          4429 Dec 19 01:56 loopstats.19991218
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm         12729 Dec 20 01:07 loopstats.19991219
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm         12021 Dec 21 01:57 loopstats.19991220
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm         11702 Dec 22 01:54 loopstats.19991221
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm         10114 Dec 23 00:46 loopstats.19991222
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm          5189 Dec 24 01:41 loopstats.19991223
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm          5245 Dec 25 01:50 loopstats.19991224
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm          4843 Dec 26 01:53 loopstats.19991225
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm         16633 Dec 27 01:59 loopstats.19991226
-rw-r--r--    2 root     adm          1680 Dec 27 09:22 loopstats.19991227
-rw-r--r--    2 root     adm          2174 Dec 27 09:22 peerstats
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm         17584 Dec 19 01:56 peerstats.19991218
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm         21078 Dec 20 01:59 peerstats.19991219
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm         29224 Dec 21 01:57 peerstats.19991220
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm         20378 Dec 22 01:54 peerstats.19991221
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm         24478 Dec 23 01:59 peerstats.19991222
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm          9545 Dec 24 01:58 peerstats.19991223
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm          9278 Dec 25 01:50 peerstats.19991224
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm         11977 Dec 26 01:53 peerstats.19991225
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm         29557 Dec 27 01:59 peerstats.19991226
-rw-r--r--    2 root     adm          2174 Dec 27 09:22 peerstats.19991227
[09:36:53 /tmp]$ 

Contrary to those files, some other log files of the ntp package are getting 
gzipped (and probably rotated as well):

[09:38:05 /tmp]$ ls -l /var/log/ntpd*
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm           906 Dec 27 00:54 /var/log/ntpd
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm          3160 Dec 26 08:51 /var/log/ntpd.0
-rw-r--r--    1 root     adm           628 Dec 19 07:46 /var/log/ntpd.1.gz
[09:38:09 /tmp]$ 


- -- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux rakefet 2.2.13 #1 Sat Nov 20 12:44:19 EST 1999 i586 
unknown

Versions of the packages ntp depends on:
ii  libc6           2.1.2-10       GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone



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