[Pkg-mailman-hackers] Bug#424620: mailman: error.log not re-opened on log rotation
Sam Morris
sam at robots.org.uk
Wed May 16 11:58:10 UTC 2007
Package: mailman
Version: 1:2.1.9-7
Severity: important
Mailman does not re-open error.log when it gets SIGHUP, causing loss of error messages:
$ lsof +L1
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NLINK NODE NAME
mailmanct 12578 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12584 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12584 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12585 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12585 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12586 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12586 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12587 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12587 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12588 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12588 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12589 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12589 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12590 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12590 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12591 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12591 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
$ kill -HUP $(sudo cat /var/run/mailman/mailman.pid)
$ lsof +L1
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NLINK NODE NAME
mailmanct 12578 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12584 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12584 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12585 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12585 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12586 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12586 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12587 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12587 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12588 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12588 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12589 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12589 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12590 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12590 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12591 list 3u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
python 12591 list 5u REG 254,2 0 0 33507 /var/log/mailman/error.1 (deleted)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (540, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages mailman depends on:
ii adduser 3.102 Add and remove users and groups
ii apache2 2.2.3-4 Next generation, scalable, extenda
ii apache2-mpm-worker [httpd] 2.2.3-4 High speed threaded model for Apac
ii cron 3.0pl1-100 management of regular background p
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii exim4 4.63-17 metapackage to ease exim MTA (v4)
ii exim4-daemon-heavy [mail-tr 4.63-17 exim MTA (v4) daemon with extended
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii logrotate 3.7.1-3 Log rotation utility
ii lsb-base 3.1-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii pwgen 2.05-1 Automatic Password generation
ii python 2.4.4-2 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-support 0.5.6 automated rebuilding support for p
ii ucf 2.0020 Update Configuration File: preserv
mailman recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
mailman/queue_files_present:
* mailman/default_server_language: en
mailman/gate_news: false
* mailman/site_languages: en
* mailman/used_languages: en
* mailman/create_site_list:
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