[Bug 1833801] [NEW] initctl: invalid command: rotate

[Moses Moore]

Public bug reported:

rsyslog 8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1 , Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS

the logrotate for rsyslog is a bit awry.  The /etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog has this in the postrotate block:
/usr/lib/rsyslog/rsyslog-rotate

But when invoked (either by logrotate or manually) I get:
initctl: invalid command: rotate
Try `initctl --help' for more information.
invoke-rc.d: initscript rsyslog, action "rotate" failed.

The workaround is to change the postrotate block to what I saw in a much
earlier version:

postrotate
    service rsyslog rotate > /dev/null
endscript

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: rsyslog 8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-042stab127.2 x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jun 22 00:24:52 2019
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: rsyslog
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-06-15 (1101 days ago)
mtime.conffile..etc.logrotate.d.rsyslog: 2019-06-22T00:24:05.675752

** Affects: rsyslog (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial

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Title:
  initctl: invalid command: rotate

Status in rsyslog package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  rsyslog 8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1 , Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS

  the logrotate for rsyslog is a bit awry.  The /etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog has this in the postrotate block:
  /usr/lib/rsyslog/rsyslog-rotate

  But when invoked (either by logrotate or manually) I get:
  initctl: invalid command: rotate
  Try `initctl --help' for more information.
  invoke-rc.d: initscript rsyslog, action "rotate" failed.

  The workaround is to change the postrotate block to what I saw in a
  much earlier version:

  postrotate
      service rsyslog rotate > /dev/null
  endscript

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: rsyslog 8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-042stab127.2 x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Jun 22 00:24:52 2019
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=screen-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: rsyslog
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-06-15 (1101 days ago)
  mtime.conffile..etc.logrotate.d.rsyslog: 2019-06-22T00:24:05.675752

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