[Bug 1385464] Re: logrotate fails to run, if status file is corrupt (logrotate running during reboot?)

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This bug was fixed in the package upstart - 1.13.2-0ubuntu1rtm1

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upstart (1.13.2-0ubuntu1rtm1) 14.09; urgency=medium

  [ James Hunt ]
  * debian/user-conf/logrotate.conf: Handle corrupt status files.
    (LP: #1385464)
 -- Ricardo Salveti de Araujo <ricardo.salveti at canonical.com>   Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:53:28 -0200

** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu RTM)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  logrotate fails to run, if status file is corrupt (logrotate running
  during reboot?)

Status in the base for Ubuntu mobile products:
  Confirmed
Status in upstart package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in upstart package in Ubuntu RTM:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  phablet at ubuntu-phablet:~$ du -h /var/log/syslog 
  654M	/var/log/syslog
  phablet at ubuntu-phablet:~$ sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.conf 
  error: bad top line in state file /var/lib/logrotate/status
  phablet at ubuntu-phablet:~$ cat /var/lib/logrotate/status 
  /opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.developer.webapps.webapp-gmail/1.0.25phablet at ubuntu-phablet:~$

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