Recommended update for logrotate

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2842-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for logrotate provides the following fix:

  • Make sure log files continue to rotate properly when a stale status file is found. (bsc#1057801)
  • Fix a problem that was causing recent log files to be deleted instead of the oldest ones when using date format. (bsc#982315)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-logrotate-13325=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-logrotate-13325=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • logrotate-3.7.7-10.30.7.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • logrotate-3.7.7-10.30.7.1

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