[Bug 879560] [NEW] Logrotate conf file for mysql-server and my.cnf disagree

[Jared Biel]

Public bug reported:

Currently the stock my.cnf included in the package mysql-common
specifies that an error log is created at /var/log/mysql/error.log. The
logrotate conf file /etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server (part of mysql-
server-5.1) doesn't take this file into account so it can continue to
grow forever unchecked. In fact, the logrotate conf file states that
/var/log/mysql/error.log has the comment "The error log is obsolete,
messages go to syslog now.". These packages are not in agreement with
each other and the result is that the error.log file can grow very large
because it's never rotated. I'm currently using Natty but this bug is
also present in the Oneric packages.

** Affects: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: logrotate mysql-server

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