logrotate - error: duplicate log entry for /var/log/messages (or other log files)

Issue

• Errors seen in logrotate about a duplicate log entry seen in /var/log/message

• Running "logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf" shows errors similar to:

  • Duplicate entries for /var/log/acpid:

  error: /etc/logrotate.conf:58 duplicate log entry for /var/log/acpid
  error: found error in /var/log/acpid , skipping
  

  • Duplicate entries for /var/log/messages among others

  error: syslog:1 duplicate log entry for /var/log/messages
  error: found error in /var/log/messages /var/log/secure /var/log/maillog /var/log/spooler /var/log/boot.log /var/log/cron , skipping