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   On 10/09/2025 11:08, Theo wrote:   
   > It sounds like the problem is that 'daemon' is never closing the output   
   > file, so 'logrotate' is never able to process it.  The -H flag is supposed   
   > to tell daemon to close the file on SIGHUP so logrotate can swap it out, but   
   > it doesn't exist in the Debian version.   
      
   Absolutely the problem.   
      
   I'm years out of practice with writing C, but it looks a manageable job   
   to add the necessary code. Might take me a while though.   
      
   >   
   > This is the source to the FreeBSD version:   
   > https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/tree/main/usr.sbin/daemon   
   >   
   > - maybe the 'sighup' feature could be merged into the Debian version?   
      
      
   If I can do it, I'll see about getting the changes merged in to the   
   original.   
      
   >   
   > Theo   
      
      
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