I see the same bug on 16.04.3 LTS (xUbuntu):
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS"
without a crash in my logfile.
For /var/log/syslog.5.gz 385 times in one minute, for most of the other logfiles no entry, today 3 entries (all from the same minute).
I see the same bug on 16.04.3 LTS (xUbuntu):
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu RELEASE= 16.04 CODENAME= xenial DESCRIPTION= "Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS"
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without a crash in my logfile.
For /var/log/ syslog. 5.gz 385 times in one minute, for most of the other logfiles no entry, today 3 entries (all from the same minute).