[Bug 906735] Re: logrotate can't find /var/log/puppet if package was removed and that directory was empty

[Kenyon Ralph]

On 2012-01-23T22:18:03-0000, Adam Gandelman <906735 at bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> Looking into this further and other similar bugs, it seems this is the
> expected behavior of logrotate.  In this case, the logrotate output is
> non-fatal and, although annoying, does not cause logrotate to abort its
> run and fail to process other rotate configs.  Puppet is a special case
> in that its one of the few package that does not start its service on
> package installation, resulting in an empty log directory until the
> service is actually configured to start.  If the directory is empty on
> package removal, it will be deleted before the logrotate conf file which
> isn't deleted until purge.   The correct fix in your case is to --purge
> the package from the system when output like this starts popping up from
> cron.   If this is an insufficient work around, I'd advise opening a bug
> against logrotate to silence such messages (though I believe this has
> been discussed in the past but turns out to be a non-trivial change)
> 
> If you'd like some context around the general problem and its fix,
> please see Bug #256891.
> 
> It's also worth noting that this is issue is resolved in the current
> Precise release by way of Debian bug #564947: http://bugs.debian.org
> /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=564947

Thanks for the research and explanation! It's curious that the fix to
Debian bug #564947 didn't make it into oneiric, since the Debian bug
says it was fixed in puppet 2.6.5-1. Anyway, I trust you that it's
fixed in the precise version, so this bug can go Fix Released, as far
as I'm concerned. Thanks.

-- 
Kenyon Ralph


** Also affects: puppet (Debian) via
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=564947
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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

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  logrotate can't find /var/log/puppet if package was removed and that
  directory was empty

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