Index: logrotate-3.8.5/logrotate.8 =================================================================== --- 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