as a workaround, try:
logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog
this rotated my logfiles, but i had to manually restart rsyslog in order to have it open a new /var/log/syslog
as a workaround, try:
logrotate -f /etc/logrotate. d/rsyslog
this rotated my logfiles, but i had to manually restart rsyslog in order to have it open a new /var/log/syslog