rsyslog config of tmpfiles generates bogus log messages

[Ian Turner]

/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/00rsyslog.conf (in the rsyslog package) includes these lines:

# Override systemd's default tmpfiles.d/var.conf to make /var/log writable by
# the syslog group, so that rsyslog can run as user.
# See tmpfiles.d(5) for details.

# Type Path Mode UID GID Age Argument
d /var/log 0775 root syslog -

Maybe this overriding works, but it also means that every time tmpfiles runs, we get log messages like this:
Apr 24 13:46:37 cue systemd-tmpfiles[28279]: [/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/var.conf:14] Duplicate line for path "/var/log", ignoring.

I suspect the best fix for this is to move the systemd config for /var/log into its own file (/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd-varlog.conf), then have rsyslog add an empty file (or /dev/null symlink) to suppress it (/etc/tmpfiles.d/systemd-varlog.conf or /run/tmpfiles.d/systemd-varlog.conf). Or just use apt to move the file out of the way when rsyslog is installed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: rsyslog 8.16.0-1ubuntu10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-15.16-generic 4.15.15
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Tue Apr 24 14:56:42 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-23 (31 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180306.1)
SourcePackage: rsyslog
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

Duplicate of bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1730028 and also fixed in https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/8.32.0-1ubuntu3 ?

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

Package: rsyslog 8.16.0-1ubuntu10

Package out of date, please upgrade, and check if it resolves the problem you report...

[Ian Turner (vectro)]

Upgraded to rsyslog 8.32.0-1ubuntu3, and result looks good. Thanks.

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