On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Curt Sampson wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, James Webster wrote:
> 
> > I'm using
> > newsyslog to rotate it's files.  Does timed not recognize the request to
> > close and reopen it's logs?
> 
> Timed never gets the request; newsyslogd only sends the sighup to
> syslogd.
> 
> There's been bits of discussion now and then about a better version
> of newsyslogd that deals with stuff like this, and I once sketched
> out some notes on it, but nobody's ever really taken it on.

Yes I have - check out PR bin/6395 !


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