Do not use log rotation for /var/log/boot.log

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

boot.log is rotated by a /etc/logrotate.d/bootlog (owned by plymouth package). It rotates daily even if empty. The default behaviour should be to rotate notifempty, or only on boot.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4

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