Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: lastfmsubmitd
lastfmsubmitd places a file in /etc/logrotate.d called lastfmsubmitd,
which looks like this:
/var/log/lastfm/*.log {
weekly
missingok
rotate 7
postrotate
invoke-rc.d --quiet lastfmsubmitd force-reload > /dev/null
invoke-rc.d --quiet lastmp force-reload > /dev/null
endscript
compress
notifempty
}
This appears to work fine sometimes, but sometimes one of the commands
redirected to /dev/null appears to output something on stderr, which is
not redirected. In at least some cases, this causes logrotate to
freeze, becoming "[defunct]" in the ps -ef output.
This frozen logrotate process sits there forever, preventing cron.daily
from running, which is a very serious problem.
I think the fix is to change the file to look like this:
/var/log/lastfm/*.log {
weekly
missingok
rotate 7
postrotate
invoke-rc.d --quiet lastfmsubmitd force-reload > /dev/null 2>&1
invoke-rc.d --quiet lastmp force-reload > /dev/null 2>&1
endscript
compress
notifempty
}
so the stderr output is also piped to /dev/null.
** Affects: lastfmsubmitd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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logrotate script freezes anacron
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/136717
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