Set a new logrotate config (#12).

scripts/latecommand/logrotate/aptitude

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /var/log/aptitude {
 	rotate 6
-  weekly
+	monthly
 	compress
 	missingok
 	notifempty
-  olddir /var/log/old_logs
+	olddir /var/log/aptitude.d
 }

scripts/latecommand/logrotate/dpkg

@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
 /var/log/dpkg.log {
-  weekly
+	monthly
 	rotate 12
 	compress
 	delaycompress
 	missingok
 	notifempty
 	create 644 root root
-  olddir /var/log/old_logs
+	olddir /var/log/dpkg
 }
 
 /var/log/alternatives.log {
-  weekly
+	monthly
 	rotate 12
 	compress
 	delaycompress
 	missingok
 	notifempty
 	create 644 root root
-  olddir /var/log/old_logs
+	olddir /var/log/alternatives
 }
-

scripts/latecommand/logrotate/logrotate.conf

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ rotate 4
 # create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
 create
 
-# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
+# old versions of log files are compressed with gzip
 compress
 
 # compress only from the second log file
@@ -17,26 +17,27 @@ delaycompress
 # use date as a suffix of the rotated file
 dateext
 
+# do not rotate the log if it is empty
+notifempty
+
 # packages drop log rotation information into this directory
 include /etc/logrotate.d
 
 # no packages own wtmp, or btmp -- we'll rotate them here
 /var/log/wtmp {
-  missingok
-  notifempty
+	rotate 3
 	monthly
+	missingok
 	create 0664 root utmp
 	olddir /var/log/old_logs
-  rotate 3
 }
 
 /var/log/btmp {
-  missingok
-  notifempty
 	monthly
-  create 0664 root utmp
-  olddir /var/log/old_logs
 	rotate 3
+	missingok
+	create 0660 root utmp
+	olddir /var/log/old_logs
 }
 
 # system-specific logs may be configured here

scripts/latecommand/logrotate/rsyslog

@@ -1,20 +1,7 @@
-# Ensure to rotate all log files (old and new logpath from Rsyslog)
+# Default directives are activilly used, please see /etc/logrotate.conf
 
-/var/log/syslog/syslog
-/var/log/syslog/syslog.log
-/var/log/syslog/daemon.log
-/var/log/syslog/local0.log
-/var/log/syslog/local1.log
-/var/log/syslog/local2.log
-/var/log/syslog/local3.log
-/var/log/syslog/local4.log
-/var/log/syslog/local5.log
-/var/log/syslog/local6.log
-/var/log/syslog/local7.log
-/var/log/syslog/uucp.log
 /var/log/syslog
 /var/log/syslog.log
-/var/log/daemon.log
 /var/log/local0.log
 /var/log/local1.log
 /var/log/local2.log
@@ -28,48 +15,92 @@
 	rotate 7
 	daily
 	missingok
-  notifempty
-  compress
-  delaycompress
+	olddir /var/log/syslog.d
 	postrotate
 		invoke-rc.d rsyslog rotate > /dev/null
 	endscript
 }
 
-/var/log/cron/cron.log
-/var/log/cron/mark.log
-/var/log/kernel/kern.log
-/var/log/kernel/kernel.log
-/var/log/lpr/lpr.log
-/var/log/mail/*.log
-/var/log/security/auth.log
-/var/log/security/authpriv.log
-/var/log/security/user.log
-/var/log/messages/messages
-/var/log/news/news.log
 /var/log/cron.log
 /var/log/mark.log
-/var/log/kern.log
-/var/log/kernel.log
-/var/log/lpr.log
-/var/log/mail.log
-/var/log/mail.info
-/var/log/mail.warn
-/var/log/mail.err
-/var/log/auth.log
-/var/log/authpriv.log
-/var/log/user.log
-/var/log/messages
-/var/log/debug
 {
-  rotate 4
 	maxsize 250k
-  weekly
 	missingok
-  notifempty
-  compress
-  delaycompress
 	sharedscripts
+	olddir /var/log/cron
+	postrotate
+		invoke-rc.d rsyslog rotate > /dev/null
+	endscript
+}
+
+/var/log/daemon.log
+{
+	maxsize 250k
+	missingok
+	sharedscripts
+	olddir /var/log/daemon
+	postrotate
+		invoke-rc.d rsyslog rotate > /dev/null
+	endscript
+}
+
+/var/log/kern.log
+/var/log/kernel.log
+{
+	maxsize 250k
+	missingok
+	sharedscripts
+	olddir /var/log/kern
+	postrotate
+		invoke-rc.d rsyslog rotate > /dev/null
+	endscript
+}
+
+/var/log/lpr.log
+{
+	maxsize 250k
+	missingok
+	sharedscripts
+	olddir /var/log/lpr
+	postrotate
+		invoke-rc.d rsyslog rotate > /dev/null
+	endscript
+}
+
+/var/log/mail.log
+/var/log/mail.info
+/var/log/mail.warn
+/var/log/mail.err
+{
+	maxsize 250k
+	missingok
+	sharedscripts
+	olddir /var/log/mail
+	postrotate
+		invoke-rc.d rsyslog rotate > /dev/null
+	endscript
+}
+
+/var/log/auth.log
+/var/log/authpriv.log
+/var/log/user.log
+{
+	maxsize 250k
+	missingok
+	sharedscripts
+	olddir /var/log/auth
+	postrotate
+		invoke-rc.d rsyslog rotate > /dev/null
+	endscript
+}
+
+/var/log/messages
+/var/log/debug
+{
+	maxsize 250k
+	missingok
+	sharedscripts
+	olddir /var/log/messages.d
 	postrotate
 		invoke-rc.d rsyslog rotate > /dev/null
 	endscript

scripts/latecommand/post.sh

@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ cp "${LOGROTATE_APTITUDE_CONF}" "${LOGROTATE_APTITUDE_FILE}"
 cp "${LOGROTATE_DPKG_CONF}" "${LOGROTATE_DPKG_FILE}"
 
 # Create an archive directory for some log files (aptitude, dpkg,…)
-mkdir -p -- /var/log/old_logs
+mkdir -p -- /var/log/old_logs /vaar/log/aptitude.d /var/log/dpkg /var/log/alternatives /var/log/syslog.d /var/log/cron /var/log/daemon /var/log/kern /var/log/lpr /var/log/mail /var/log/auth /var/log/messages
+
+chmod 0750 /var/log/auth /var/log/daemon /var/log/kern /var/log/messages /var/log/syslog.d
+chown root:adm /var/log/auth /var/log/daemon /var/log/kern /var/log/messages /var/log/syslog.d
 
 # Create the log directory for journald (Systemd), need the configuration Storage=(auto|persistent)
 mkdir -p -- /var/log/journal