Recommended update for logrotate

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for logrotate
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2843-1
Rating: low
References: #1028353 #1057801
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2
  • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7

  • An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:

    This update for logrotate provides the following fixes:

    - Fixed an error while renaming to already existing files that was causing
    logs to stop rotating. (bsc#1028353)
    - Make sure log files continue to rotate properly when a stale status file
    is found. (bsc#1057801)

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1766=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1766=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1766=1
    • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-1766=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64):
      • logrotate-3.8.7-4.7.1
      • logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.7-4.7.1
      • logrotate-debugsource-3.8.7-4.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • logrotate-3.8.7-4.7.1
      • logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.7-4.7.1
      • logrotate-debugsource-3.8.7-4.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • logrotate-3.8.7-4.7.1
      • logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.7-4.7.1
      • logrotate-debugsource-3.8.7-4.7.1
    • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64):
      • logrotate-3.8.7-4.7.1
      • logrotate-debuginfo-3.8.7-4.7.1
      • logrotate-debugsource-3.8.7-4.7.1

    References: