# Help - question about logrotate and systemd-resolved

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/help-question-about-logrotate-and-systemd-resolved/87697>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 22, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/help-question-about-logrotate-and-systemd-resolved/87697 "2026-09-22T17:20:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![philie](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@philie](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/philie)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/help-question-about-logrotate-and-systemd-resolved/87697/1 "2026-09-22T17:20:43Z")

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#### Update question about Logrotate and systemd-resolved

Hi all,  
Quick question about logrotate and systemd-resolved.  
When updating to the newest FTL I got the attached information. PiHole seems to work but o was curious if this is something I would need to fix and if anyone had any info how to do it? Thanks a lot!

 ![IMG_4874](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/uploads/default/original/3X/4/e/4e23f30f766d3f66f05e39af40d2b34b3c730358.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![nite\_route](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/nite_route/32/56186_2.png) [@nite\_route](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/nite_route)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/help-question-about-logrotate-and-systemd-resolved/87697/2 "2026-09-22T18:25:57Z")

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youre fine. those lines are just status checks during the FTL install.

systemd-resolved is not enabled is what you want for pi-hole. installer checked and left it alone.

logrotate file is outdated. Not updating means it saw a local logrotate config that doesnt match the package one, so it skipped overwriting yours. common after an older install or a manual edit. only chase it if /var/log/pihole/ is growing without bound. otherwise leave it.

dns resolution is available at the end means the restart worked.

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**Author:** ![darkexplosiveqwx](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/darkexplosiveqwx/32/45118_2.png) [@darkexplosiveqwx](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/darkexplosiveqwx)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/help-question-about-logrotate-and-systemd-resolved/87697/3 "2026-09-22T18:38:32Z")

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The logrotate message has no real meaning on the current release.

I wrote an incomplete comparison check and it will currently always report as outdated, no matter if it actually is or not.

The comparison has been fixed with [send USR2 after logrotate (v7 Prep) by darkexplosiveqwx · Pull Request #6672 · pi-hole/pi-hole · GitHub](https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/pull/6672), which has already been merged to `development`. The fix will be included with the v7 release and may be included in the next point release for core.

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**Author:** ![philie](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@philie](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/philie)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/help-question-about-logrotate-and-systemd-resolved/87697/4 "2026-09-22T18:52:34Z")

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Incredible. Thanks both for the confirmation and info!

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/uploads/default/original/3X/7/c/7c8792f649eeb921c5d2b4c41564ffa873d9a2b8.png) [@system](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/help-question-about-logrotate-and-systemd-resolved/87697/5 "2026-10-13T18:52:54Z")

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