Logrotate runs for a long time or appears to hang
Issue
- Running
/usr/sbin/logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.conf
in a shell shows the output
reading config file /etc/logrotate.conf
reading config info for /var/log/wtmp
reading config info for /var/log/btmp
- Afterwards, nothing will happen for hours.
- Logrotate caused CPU starvation.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise
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