Index: logrotate.c =================================================================== --- logrotate.c.orig 2013-07-25 14:52:57.493518089 +0200 +++ logrotate.c 2013-07-25 14:52:57.499518158 +0200 @@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ int prerotateSingleLog(struct logInfo *l message(MESS_FATAL, "could not allocate destFile memory\n"); } if (!stat(destFile, &fst_buf)) { - message(MESS_DEBUG, + message(MESS_ERROR, "destination %s already exists, skipping rotation\n", rotNames->firstRotated); hasErrors = 1;