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[Bela Lubkin <662312@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: logrotate

I set these options in /etc/logrotate.conf:

   compress
   compresscmd      /usr/bin/xz
   uncompresscmd    /usr/bin/unxz
   compressoptions  -7 -e -T 1
   compressext      xz

Compression fails with:

   /etc/cron.daily/logrotate:
   error: /etc/logrotate.conf:23 bad compressoptions path -7 -e -T 1
   run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1

logrotate fails if the compressoptions setting has any spaces.  This is
also upstream Debian bug #159797 <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=159797> -- reported in 2002!

Like the original report, this one has a workaround:

   compressoptions -7eT1

Eventually someone will need options which cannot be jammed into a
single space-free string.

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

** Affects: logrotate (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #159797
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=159797

** Also affects: logrotate (Debian) via
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=159797
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Cannot handle spaces in compressoptions
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