--- ./Makefile.orig	2008-05-19 12:25:54.000000000 +0200
+++ ./Makefile	2008-08-22 15:28:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 endif
 
 BINDIR = $(BASEDIR)/sbin
-MANDIR = $(BASEDIR)/man
+MANDIR = $(BASEDIR)/share/man
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
--- ./examples/logrotate.cron.orig	2008-08-22 15:51:39.000000000 +0200
+++ ./examples/logrotate.cron	2008-08-22 15:28:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf
-EXITVALUE=$?
+TMPF=`mktemp /tmp/logrotate.XXXXXXXXXX`
+
+/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf 2>&1 | tee $TMPF
+EXITVALUE=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+
 if [ $EXITVALUE != 0 ]; then
-    /usr/bin/logger -t logrotate "ALERT exited abnormally with [$EXITVALUE]"
+    # wait a sec, we might just have restarted syslog
+    sleep 1
+    # tell what went wrong
+    /bin/logger -t logrotate "ALERT exited abnormally with [$EXITVALUE]"
+    /bin/logger -t logrotate -f $TMPF
 fi
+
+rm -f $TMPF
 exit 0