[Bug 2098245] [NEW] logrotate appears to be started too early

[Owen]

Public bug reported:

On boot I see a message that logrotate has failed to start. service
logrotate status shows:

× logrotate.service - Rotate log files
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/logrotate.service; static)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2025-02-13 09:43:30 GMT; 4min 4s ago
TriggeredBy: ● logrotate.timer
       Docs: man:logrotate(8)
             man:logrotate.conf(5)
    Process: 2283 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 2283 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 168ms

Feb 13 09:43:28 Precision-M4800 systemd[1]: Starting logrotate.service - Rotate log files...
Feb 13 09:43:28 Precision-M4800 logrotate[2283]: error: error creating output file /etc/columnstore/Columnstore.xml-20250213: Read-only file system
Feb 13 09:43:30 Precision-M4800 systemd[1]: logrotate.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Feb 13 09:43:30 Precision-M4800 systemd[1]: logrotate.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Feb 13 09:43:30 Precision-M4800 systemd[1]: Failed to start logrotate.service - Rotate log files.

Starting the service once the system has booted works fine. "Read-only
file system" seems to indicate the service is being started too early?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: logrotate 3.21.0-2build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-53.55-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-53-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Thu Feb 13 09:51:13 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-12-13 (62 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20240911)
SourcePackage: logrotate
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-12-16 (59 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble

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Title:
  logrotate appears to be started too early

Status in logrotate package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On boot I see a message that logrotate has failed to start. service
  logrotate status shows:

  × logrotate.service - Rotate log files
       Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/logrotate.service; static)
       Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2025-02-13 09:43:30 GMT; 4min 4s ago
  TriggeredBy: ● logrotate.timer
         Docs: man:logrotate(8)
               man:logrotate.conf(5)
      Process: 2283 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
     Main PID: 2283 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
          CPU: 168ms

  Feb 13 09:43:28 Precision-M4800 systemd[1]: Starting logrotate.service - Rotate log files...
  Feb 13 09:43:28 Precision-M4800 logrotate[2283]: error: error creating output file /etc/columnstore/Columnstore.xml-20250213: Read-only file system
  Feb 13 09:43:30 Precision-M4800 systemd[1]: logrotate.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
  Feb 13 09:43:30 Precision-M4800 systemd[1]: logrotate.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
  Feb 13 09:43:30 Precision-M4800 systemd[1]: Failed to start logrotate.service - Rotate log files.

  Starting the service once the system has booted works fine. "Read-only
  file system" seems to indicate the service is being started too early?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: logrotate 3.21.0-2build1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-53.55-generic 6.8.12
  Uname: Linux 6.8.0-53-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Thu Feb 13 09:51:13 2025
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-12-13 (62 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20240911)
  SourcePackage: logrotate
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-12-16 (59 days ago)

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