logrotate systemd timer should run hourly rather than daily

Bug #2037022 reported by Todd Jacobsen
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
logrotate (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Logrotate supports "hourly rotation, however the Ubuntu logrotate systemd Timer runs "daily" - so "hourly" logrotate jobs are still only run daily.

Updating /etc/systemd/system/timers.target.wants/logrotate.timer:
...
[Timer]
OnCalendar=hourly
...

should allow "logrotate hourly" to work as expected.

See related comment at https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate/issues/249#issuecomment-485829363
"The tricky part is that one needs to change the default cron hook
(or systemd timer) to make hourly actually work as expected."

Thanks!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: logrotate 3.21.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-32.32-generic 6.2.16
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-32-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Date: Thu Sep 21 22:11:04 2023
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: logrotate
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Todd Jacobsen (yolabingo) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in logrotate (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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