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13 Dec 17:34

logrotate-3.21.0 Latest

add ignoreduplicates directive to allow duplicate file matches (#473)
add --wait-for-state-lock option to wait for lock on the state file (#457)
avoid failure when an anonymous non-privileged user runs logrotate (#463)
support home dir expansion in olddir (#454)
reduce unnecessary rename operations with start N where N > 1 (#450)
unify handling of log levels (#239 #449)
do not print error: when exit code is unaffected (#448)

Assets 6

25 May 15:29

logrotate-3.20.1

drop world-readable permission on state file even when ACLs are enabled (#446)

Assets 6

25 May 07:12

logrotate-3.20.0

fix potential DoS from unprivileged users via the state file (CVE-2022-1348)
fix a misleading debug message with copytruncate and rotate 0 (#443)
add support for unsigned time_t (#438)
do not lock state file /dev/null (#433)

Assets 6

07 Jan 09:04

logrotate-3.19.0

continue on EINTR in compressLogFile() (#430)
enforce stricter parsing of configuration files (#427, #431)
avoid confusing error message in debug mode (#426)
fix full_write() on incomplete write (#415)
do not use alloca() any more (#412)
do not rotate hard links unless allowhardlink is used (#407)
change directory after dropping privileges (#397)
add defence in depth when dropping privileges (#400)
remove invalid configuration on error (#408)
do not open symbolic link log files by accident (#399)
do not write state if state file is /dev/null (#395)

Assets 6

21 May 13:39

logrotate-3.18.1

fix memory leaks on error-handling paths (#383, #387)
make renamecopy and copytruncate override each other (#386)
improve error handling in the parser of configuration files (#383)
improve user experience for non-privileged users of logrotate (#372)

Assets 6

08 Jan 07:35

logrotate-3.18.0

allow UIDs and GIDs to be specified numerically (#217)
add support for Zstandard compressed files (#355)
make delaycompress not to fail with rotate 0 (#341)

Assets 6

10 Jul 09:06

logrotate-3.17.0

lock state file to prevent parallel execution of logrotate (#295, #297)
add .bak extension to default taboo list (#332)
allow to pass a home-relative path to include (#322, #326)
switch_user_permanently: skip switchback check if switched to root (#319)
logrotate.service: enable ProtectClock to restrict setting of clock (#306)
delete old logs hit by maxage regardless of dateext (#301)

Assets 6

28 Feb 12:11

logrotate-3.16.0

fix compilation with gcc-10, which defaults to -fno-common (#288)
reduce number of open() operations on state file (#282)
validate user/group given to the su directive early (#276)
add hardening options to systemd unit file in examples (#274, #291)
fix crash of logrotate on invalid configuration with include (#271)
fix heap buffer overflow on too long logfile extension (#270)

Assets 6

30 Aug 13:32

logrotate-3.15.1

use correct create mode in examples/btmp (#257)
fix several bugs found by fuzzing (#254)
do not abort globbing on a broken symlink (#251)
rearrange logrotate.8 man page to improve readability (#248)
encourage admins to use the su directive in logrotate.8 man page (#236)

Assets 6

04 Dec 15:10

logrotate-3.15.0

timer unit: change trigger fuzz from 12h to 1h (#230)
service unit: only run if /var/log is mounted (#230)
preserve fractional part of timestamps when compressing (#226)
re-indent source code using spaces only (#188)
minage: avoid rounding issue while comparing the amount of seconds (#36)
never remove old log files if rotate -1 is specified (#202)
return non-zero exit status if a config file contains an error (#199)
make copytruncate work with rotate 0 (#191)
warn user if both size and the time interval options are used (#192)
pass rotated log file name as the 2nd argument of the postrotate script when sharedscript is not enabled (#193)
rename logrotate-default to logrotate.conf (#187)

Assets 6