logrotate bug fix and enhancement update

An updated logrotate package that fixes various bugs and adds an
enhancement is now available.

The logrotate utility simplifies the administration of multiple log files.
Logrotate allows for automatic rotation, compression, removal, and mailing
of log files.

This updated logrotate package includes fixes for the following bugs:

* encountering a configuration file ending with a taboo extension, such as
one ending with the tilde character ('~'), was reported as an error.

* logrotate would stop rotating logs when an error in reading the
configuration file occurred. logrotate has been made more robust when it
encounters errors in the configuration file.

* if a system was in SELinux enforcing mode, logrotate would assume that
all files had the necessary attributes, and would stop rotating files when
it encountered files without them.

* logrotate ignored pre/postrotating script arguments.

* using wildcards in taboo extension definitions was not supported.

* the missingok option was ignored when rotating a log specified with a
wildcard.

* a segmentation fault sometimes occurred due to incorrect handling of
configuration file syntax.

In addition, the following enhancement has been added to logrotate:

* logrotate in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 did not support the maxage and
dateext configuration parameters. Usage of these parameters has been
backported and is now available to users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated logrotate package, which
resolves these issues.

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

208538 - Logrotate missing dateext, maxage
211079 - Logrotate complains about taboo extensions
218388 - Logrotate should rotate logs even if there are some errors on the configuration
219767 - Logrotate can not rotate files on non-selinux filesystem
241766 - Logrotate ignores pre/postrotating scripts arguments
417771 - logrotate missingok option ignored if wildcards are used
440202 - logrotate causes segmentation faults

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