Re: [LTP] [PATCH]logrotate: /var/log/messages* disappeared

["Yuki Yao" <y_yao@ryobi.co.jp>]

Sorry, line breaks is mistake; resend.
----------------------------------------------------
Hi,

I found a problem on LTP when I execute ./runltp.
After execute ./runltp, all log files such as /var/log/messages*
disappeared, 
and there is only new log files that were created after the test...

This seems a problem that occurs after the "logrotate01" test. 
I found that the past log files disappeared by forcing a rotate (logrotate
-fv $LTPTMP/tst_logrotate.conf).

Besides, "logrotate"'s shell script
./testcases/commands/logrotate/logrotate_tests.sh creats 
logrotate configuration file ($LTPTMP/tst_logrotate.conf) for the test, and
this config file includes 
/etc/logrotate.d as follows:
[ ./testcases/commands/logrotate/logrotate_tests.sh line:156~ ]
----------
# create config file.
	cat >$LTPTMP/tst_logrotate.conf <<-EOF
	#****** Begin Config file *******
	# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
	create

	# compress the log files
	compress

	# RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
	include /etc/logrotate.d

	/var/log/tst_logfile {
		rotate 5
		weekly
	}
	#****** End Config file *******
	EOF
----------

By this, not only a log file for the test (/var/log/tst_logfile), but also
30 fies in my system 
such as /var/log/messages* become "logrotate" command target.
Therefore, only a log file for this test must be made a target of the forced
execution of "logrotate".

To resolve this problem, we have to change this not to include
/etc/logrotate.d, I think.

Index: testcases/commands/logrotate/logrotate_tests.sh
==============================
--- logrotate_tests.sh	2008-10-21 15:54:15.000000000 +0900
+++ logrotate_tests.sh.new	2010-02-05 18:56:14.000000000 +0900
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 	compress
 
 	# RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
-	include /etc/logrotate.d
+	# include /etc/logrotate.d
 
 	/var/log/tst_logfile {
 		rotate 5
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
 		# check if  /etc/logrotate.d is included/
 		# check if 5 rotations are forced.
         # check if compression is done.
-		grep "including /etc/logrotate.d" $LTPTMP/tst_logrotate.out
\
+		# grep "including /etc/logrotate.d"
$LTPTMP/tst_logrotate.out \
 			> $LTPTMP/tst_logrotate.err 2>&1 || RC=$?
 		grep "reading config file $LTPTMP/tst_logrotate.conf" \
 			$LTPTMP/tst_logrotate.out   >
$LTPTMP/tst_logrotate.err 2>&1 || RC=$?

Thank you,
  --Yuki Yao



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