Bug#476958: exim4 logrotate do not restart exim

[Klaus Ethgen]

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Hi Marc,

Am Di den 22. Apr 2008 um 16:10 schrieb Marc Haber:
> Please give proof that the log file still is open, which exim process
> has it opened, and what the exim process is doing while keeping the
> log file open.

Then I have to make the logrotate buggy again. :-(

> >  So, yes, this ist a bug which still exists in the stable version.
> 
> I have never seen this issue on any of my systems.

I did see it several times.

> > Moreover, it is easy to fix with the lines in the logrotate config to
> > restart the daemon after rotating.
> 
> This is not an acceptable fix as it disrupts exim operation

Well, not really. It tell exim to stop and restart it. This is a normal
action which shouldn't be problematic (and is not problematic in case of
exim).

> and will not help since I suspect that the log file is not kept open
> by the smtp listener process.

Well, it helped and do still work fine.

> All other exim processes are "short lived".

More than 24 hours is not "short lived" in my opinion. But I suspect it
is not the delivery process. But I have to see how to prove this without
loosing logging information.

> > And a delivery time of more than 24h is not expected.
> 
> But it happens.

But not regularly.

Gruß
   Klaus
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