[syslog-ng] HUP to syslog-ng does not close files

[Geller, Sandor (IT)]

Hi,

> I'm upgrading from syslog-ng 2.0rc3 to 2.0.7.  One thing that 
> no longer
> works is when I send syslog-ng a hangup signal the currently 
> open files
> aren't closed and reopened when the config file is reread. I verified
> this by running an lsof on syslog-ng and I see that it has files open
> that say "Deleted" next to the filename in the lsof output.  If I send
> syslog-ng a hangup signal without deleting I files I do see a 
> log entry
> that the config file is being reread.   Because of all this I have had
> to change the restart line in the logrotate configuration from "syslog
> reload" to "syslog restart".  Is this expected?

I reported this issue last Thursday and Bazsi fixed it within an hour.
See the thread 'syslog-ng 2.0.7 major problem' for the patch, or use a
recent snapshot.

Regards,

Sandor
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