[CentOS] Logrotate error?

[David G. Miller]

Robert <kerplop at sbcglobal.net> wrote"

> This was in root's mail on a newly-installed CentOS-5 system.
>
>     To: root at beauregard.localdomain
>     Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ANSI_X3.4-1968"
>     Subject: Anacron job for 'beauregard.localdomain' cron.daily
>     /etc/cron.daily/logrotate:
>
>     error: sa-update:3 unknown option 'notifyempty' -- ignoring line
>                                             ^
>                                             |
>                                             *
>
> But after looking at the file in question, it sure appears
> to me that the "y" is the result of a "typo" on the
> part of logrotate -- and who ever heard of machines making typos!
>
>     root at beauregard logrotate.d]# cat sa-update
>     /var/log/sa-update.log {
>         monthly
>         notifempty
>         missingok
>     }
>     [root at beau
>
>
>
> Perhaps the Menehune, speaking Jabberwocky?   :-) 
> At any rate, there are 16 files in /etc/logrotate.d containing
> a "notifempty" line and it hiccuped only the one time.
The same error occurred on FC6.  Unfortunately, it looks like the fix 
never got brought forward to RHEL5.  See this thread:

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2007-January/msg03939.html

Cheers,
Dave

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