[Piuparts-devel] [Git][debian/piuparts][develop] bug-templates/logrotate_exits_with_error_after_package_removal: explain 2nd…

[Holger Levsen]

Holger Levsen pushed to branch develop at Debian / piuparts


Commits:
50807bd5 by Holger Levsen at 2018-12-06T13:03:59Z
bug-templates/logrotate_exits_with_error_after_package_removal: explain 2nd possible cause and solution

Signed-off-by: Holger Levsen <holger at layer-acht.org>

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2 changed files:

- bug-templates/logrotate_exits_with_error_after_package_removal.mail
- debian/changelog


Changes:

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bug-templates/logrotate_exits_with_error_after_package_removal.mail
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@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ Usertags: piuparts
 Hi,
 
 during a test with piuparts I noticed your package's logrotate configuration
-causes logrotate to exit with an error after the package has been removed.
-(logrotate configuration files remain installed and executed after a package
+causes logrotate to exit with an error after the package has been removed (*) or
+when logrote is run but no logfile exists.
+
+Usually the solution is to specify 'missingok' in the logrotate configuration.
+
+*) logrotate configuration files remain installed and executed after a package
 has been removed, they only get removed when the package is purged.
 
 From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):


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debian/changelog
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ piuparts (0.95) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     uses-dpkg-database-directly warnings, after confirming we are not doing
     that.
   * bug-templates/logrotate_exits_with_error_after_package_removal: clarify
-    the cause of this problem.
+    possibles causes of this problem as well as the solution.
 
   [ Andreas Beckmann ]
   * Clarify errors from installing objects over existing symlinks.



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