Comment 5 for bug 1331891
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| Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) wrote Re: [systemd] /etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog fails to reload rsyslog | #5 |
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Post-logrotate needs rsyslog to close and reopen file descriptors. It's not requesting for rsyslog to reload configuration, nor wants to. "reload" is a standard command, and under upstart init it sends SIGHUP to rsyslog, similarly under systemd with init.d script it generates systemd unit for which "reload" similarly sends SIGHUP. In debian unstable a native systemd unit is added for rsyslog, for which reload similarly just sends SIGHUP. Thus under all current and future configuration, the new postrotate results in correct actions taken - i.e. rsyslog closes and reopens files.
For, sysv init scripts "reload" command is specified as something else though in Debian Policy. However, no such restrictions are currently applied for upstart & systemd. If you believe that it's a bug in rsyslog systemd unit and upstart job, please open a separate bug about that in Debian BTS.