Issued:
2012-08-15
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2012:1172 - logrotate bug fix update

Synopsis

logrotate bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated logrotate packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The logrotate utility simplifies the administration of multiple log files, allowing the automatic rotation, compression, removal, and mailing of log files.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Attempting to send a file to a specific e-mail address failed if the "mailfirst" and "delaycompress" options were used at the same time. This was because logrotate searched for a file with the "gz" suffix, however the file had not yet been compressed. The underlying source code has been modified, and logrotate correctly finds and sends the file under these circumstances. (BZ#827570)

All users of logrotate are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • logrotate-3.7.8-16.el6.src.rpm
  • logrotate-3.7.8-16.el6.i686.rpm
  • logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-16.el6.i686.rpm
  • logrotate-3.7.8-16.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • logrotate-3.7.8-16.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-16.el6.s390x.rpm
  • logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-16.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • logrotate-debuginfo-3.7.8-16.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • logrotate-3.7.8-16.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information