[Bug 1709670] [NEW] logrotate never recovers if the statefile is corrupted

[Ramon Grullon]

Public bug reported:

- Install logrotate 
- Run "/etc/cron.daily/logrotate" ## The first logrotate run will generate the statefile "var/lib/logrotate/status"
- Modify "/var/lib/logrotate/status" by removing the first line in order to corrupt the file
- Re-run "/etc/cron.daily/logrotate" and you will get something like this "error: bad top line in state file /var/lib/logrotate/status" every time you run logrotate

logrotate never recovers if the statefile is corrupted unless you remove
it or fix the corruption by hand.

System will eventually run out of disk space and crash.

** Affects: logrotate (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  logrotate never recovers if the statefile is corrupted

Status in logrotate package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  - Install logrotate 
  - Run "/etc/cron.daily/logrotate" ## The first logrotate run will generate the statefile "var/lib/logrotate/status"
  - Modify "/var/lib/logrotate/status" by removing the first line in order to corrupt the file
  - Re-run "/etc/cron.daily/logrotate" and you will get something like this "error: bad top line in state file /var/lib/logrotate/status" every time you run logrotate

  logrotate never recovers if the statefile is corrupted unless you
  remove it or fix the corruption by hand.

  System will eventually run out of disk space and crash.

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