Bug#1036658: release-notes: 5.1.8. rsyslog creates fewer log files - mail.log is not dropped

[Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.org>]

On Wed, 2023-05-24 at 15:19 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Am 24.05.23 um 14:52 schrieb Christoph Anton Mitterer:
> > On Wed, 2023-05-24 at 09:47 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> > > > The following would be at least a bit more restrictive:
> > > >    /var/log/mail.{info,warn,err} /var/log/lpr.log
> > > > /var/log/{messages,debug,daemon.log}
> > > >    /var/log/mail.{info,warn,err}.* /var/log/lpr.log.*
> > > > /var/log/{messages,debug,daemon.log}.*
> > > > 
> > > > not perfect though, cause it could still select unrelated files
> > > 
> > > It only matches compressed files though
> > 
> > Mine? That I don't understand... I have the ones with just the name
> > of
> > the logfile itself... and then .*, which should match the non-
> > compressed .0, .1, etc. as any .0.xz, .1.xz, etc.?
> 
> Sorry, I meant: It (the expresssion like /var/log/lpr.log.*) only 
> matches rotated files, but not the actual log file itself.

But for that I would have had both:
   /var/log/mail.{info,warn,err}   /var/log/lpr.log   /var/log/{messages,debug,daemon.log}
   /var/log/mail.{info,warn,err}.* /var/log/lpr.log.* /var/log/{messages,debug,daemon.log}.*


Anyway... if everyone agrees that we should leave out the rotated files
and leave that up to the user (which a note bout that being the case in
the release notes)... it would IMO be safer.

I could make a PR if desired so.


Cheers,
Chris.