On May 21, 2024, kc-devuan@??? wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a new install of devuan daedalus.
>
> I have noticed that auth.log.1 kern.log.1 etc. have been rotated and
> kern.log, auth.log are empty files with logging continuing to be
> written to the .1 files?

Check the configuration, as I recall those should have a postrotate
script (/usr/lib/rsyslog/rsyslog-rotate) running to restart syslog.

Config is /etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog here (pulled forward from Chimaera).

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