Ubuntu
rsyslog package

  1. Bug #407862
  2. Comment #89

Comment 89 for bug 407862

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Shark (bpslrqcu) wrote :

I can confirm this in Debian 6.0.7, default install, default daemon configs.
Logging just stops after couple of days. I gave a shot to an aptitude upgrade but when I saw neither rsyslog/logrotate would not update I aborted it.

ii rsyslog 4.6.4-2 enhanced multi-threaded syslogd
ii logrotate 3.7.8-6 Log rotation utility

This is a LOGROTATE issue.
Here is a quick workaround, edit /etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog

Replace the 2 reload line to restart.
                invoke-rc.d rsyslog restart > /dev/null
                invoke-rc.d rsyslog restart > /dev/null

Since I can't confirm the result right now, I will let you know if this "fix" does not work.