logrotate/logrotate-manpage_config_clarification.patch

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Index: logrotate-3.8.5/logrotate.8
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--- logrotate-3.8.5.orig/logrotate.8 2013-07-25 15:30:36.687434418 +0200
+++ logrotate-3.8.5/logrotate.8 2013-07-31 16:08:57.460078472 +0200
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ compressed after they are rotated. Note
anywhere in the config file as long as the first non-whitespace
character on the line is a #.
+Values are separated from directives by whitespace and/or an optional =.
+Numbers must be specified in a format understood by
+.BR strtoul(3).
+
The next section of the config files defined how to handle the log file
\fI/var/log/messages\fR. The log will go through five weekly rotations before
being removed. After the log file has been rotated (but before the old