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Date:      Thu, 12 Sep 2002 16:45:51 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc newsyslog.conf
Message-ID:  <20020912234551.GA99846@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020912153839.59206E-100000@fledge.watson.org>
References:  <200209121728.g8CHS7An013425@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020912153839.59206E-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 03:40:27PM -0400, Robert Watson wrote:
> BTW, I assume that newsyslog DTRT when you have some old gz logs and some
> old bz logs, and keeps rotating both in a DWIM kind of way?  (i.e., if a
> site transitions to bz gradually by means of this default, the expected
> thing happens WRT holding onto old logs?)

Nope, AFAIK, newsyslog will not look at the old .gz'ed log files when
operating in 'J' mode.  I guess this is UPDATING fodder.

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