bin/40274: newsyslog(8)'s "P" flag stops rotating log files.

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>Number:         40274
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       newsyslog(8)'s "P" flag stops rotating log files.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 26 02:15:00 +0000 2008
>Originator:     Takahiro Kambe
>Release:        NetBSD 5.0_BETA
>Organization:
        
>Environment:
        
        
System: NetBSD ns.back-street.net 5.0_BETA NetBSD 5.0_BETA (EPIA) #5: Sat Nov 
29 22:27:13 JST 2008 
taca%boy.a.back-street.net@localhost:/data/i386/obj5/sys/arch/i386/compile/EPIA 
i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
        When specifies "P" flags in /etc/newsyslog.conf, newsyslog(8) stops
        rotating log files.  (I've lost log files in several days.)

>How-To-Repeat:
        Here is I checked.

        # echo "/var/log/t 640 5 100 * ZPBC" >> /etc/newsyslog.conf
        # dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/log/t count=5000
        5000+0 records in
        5000+0 records out
        2560000 bytes transferred in 0.062 secs (41290322 bytes/sec)
        # ls -l /var/log/t*                       
        -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  2560000 Dec 26 11:07 /var/log/t
        # newsyslog 
        # ls -l /var/log/t*
        -rw-r-----  1 root  wheel        0 Dec 26 11:08 /var/log/t
        -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  2560000 Dec 26 11:07 /var/log/t.0
        # dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/log/t count=5000
        5000+0 records in
        5000+0 records out
        2560000 bytes transferred in 0.062 secs (41290322 bytes/sec)
        # newsyslog
        # ls -l /var/log/t*
        -rw-r-----  1 root  wheel        0 Dec 26 11:08 /var/log/t
        -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  2560000 Dec 26 11:07 /var/log/t.0

        Now, /var/log/t.1.gz should be exists but not.
>Fix:
        Unknown, just looking for codes.

>Unformatted: